Tim Renton

The Lord Renton of Mount Harry
Renton in Parliament, 2013
Ministerial offices 1984–1992
Minister of State for the Arts
In office
28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byDavid Mellor
Succeeded byDavid Mellor (as Secretary of State for National Heritage)
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byRichard Ryder
Minister of State for Immigration
In office
13 June 1987 – 25 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byPeter Lloyd
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRichard Luce
Succeeded byDavid Mellor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
11 September 1984 – 1 September 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRay Whitney
Succeeded byTim Eggar
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
8 June 1997 – 14 April 2016
Member of Parliament
for Mid Sussex
In office
28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byNicholas Soames
Personal details
Born
Ronald Timothy Renton

(1932-05-28)28 May 1932
London, England
Died25 August 2020(2020-08-25) (aged 88)
Offham, East Sussex, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Alice Fergusson
(m. 1960)
Children5, including Alex and Polly
EducationEton College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC, DL (28 May 1932 – 25 August 2020) was a British Conservative Party politician.