Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
Appearance
The Lord Higgins | |
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Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 1972–1974 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Patrick Jenkin |
Succeeded by | John Gilbert |
Member of Parliament for Worthing | |
In office 1964–1997 | |
Preceded by | Otho Prior-Palmer |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 January 1928 |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins, KBE, DL, PC (born 18 January 1928) is a British Conservative politician and Commonwealth Games silver medalist winner for England. He also competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
While in opposition, he served as the Conservative shadow minister for work and pensions in the House of Lords. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Years Honours List.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Terry Higgins Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2017.