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The Lord Denham | |
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 Portrait by Walter Bird, 1963 | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 22 May 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hesketh |
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| In office 20 November 1971 – 11 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Goschen |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Strabolgi |
| Lord-in-waiting | |
| In office 24 June 1970 – 20 November 1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Lord Hilton of Upton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bethell |
| In office 27 June 1961 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hobson of Brent |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 9 December 1949 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Denham |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 26 April 2021[nb] | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | The 8th Earl of Leicester |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer 3 October 1927 Newport Pagnell, England |
| Died | 1 December 2021 (aged 94) Milton Keynes, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| n.b. ^ Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 | |
Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham, KBE, PC (3 October 1927 – 1 December 2021), was a British Conservative politician, hereditary peer, writer and former member of the House of Lords. He was one of the few people to serve in the governments of five different prime ministers.