Edward Garnier

For the English cricketer and clergyman, see Edward Garnier (cricketer).

The Right Honourable
The Lord Garnier
PC KC
Garnier in 2011
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byVera Baird
Succeeded byOliver Heald
Shadow Attorney General
In office
8 September 2009 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byDominic Grieve
Succeeded byThe Baroness Scotland of Asthal
In office
19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
LeaderWilliam Hague
Iain Duncan Smith
Preceded byNicholas Lyell
Succeeded byBill Cash
Shadow Minister for Prisons[1]
In office
10 May 2005 – 8 September 2009
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byJonathan Djanogly
Succeeded byAlan Duncan
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 July 2018
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Harborough
In office
9 April 1992 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byJohn Farr
Succeeded byNeil O'Brien
Personal details
Born (1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 72)
Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyConservative
SpouseAnna Mellows
EducationWellington College
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
Inns of Court School of Law
WebsiteOfficial website

Edward Henry Garnier, Baron Garnier, PC, KC (born 26 October 1952) is a British barrister and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A former lawyer for The Guardian newspaper, Lord Garnier is on the socially liberal wing of his party and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough in Leicestershire from 1992 until 2017.[2] He most recently served as Solicitor General for England and Wales[3] from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle.[4][5] He stood down from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election before entering the House of Lords in 2018.[6]

  1. ^ Home Office (2005-07) then Ministry of Justice (2007-09)
  2. ^ "Edward Garnier, Conservative MP Harborough". BBC News. 22 October 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. ^ "As it happened: Reshuffle". BBC News. 4 September 2012.
  4. ^ www.bbc.co.uk
  5. ^ "Cameron piles Cabinet with record 32 ministers". The Daily Telegraph. 5 September 2012.
  6. ^ Martin, Dan J. (28 April 2017). "Harborough Tory MP Edward Garnier confirms he won't stand in the General Election". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.