Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat

The Right Honourable The Lord Tugendhat
Official portrait, 2020
Chancellor of the University of Bath
In office 1998–2013
Vice-Chancellor	David VandeLinde Glynis Breakwell
Preceded by	Sir Denys Henderson
Succeeded by	Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
First Vice-President of the European Commission
In office 6 January 1981 – 5 January 1985
President	Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	François-Xavier Ortoli
Succeeded by	Frans Andriessen
European Commissioner for Budget & Financial Control and Financial Institutions
In office 1977–1985
President	Roy Jenkins Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	Wilhelm Haferkamp
Succeeded by	Henning Christophersen
Member of Parliament for City of London and Westminster South Cities of London and Westminster (1970–1974)
In office 18 June 1970 – 24 February 1977
Preceded by	John Smith
Succeeded by	Peter Brooke
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office 15 October 1993 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Christopher Samuel Tugendhat (1937-02-23) 23 February 1937 (age 87) Marylebone, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Julia Lissant née Dobson
Children	2
Relatives	Michael Tugendhat (brother) Tom Tugendhat (nephew)
Education	KCS Cambridge; Ampleforth
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Occupation	Author company director politician
Profession	Business journalism
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1990) Life Peer (1993)

Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat (born 23 February 1937),^[1] is a British politician, businessman, journalist and author. A member of the Conservative Party, he first served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1977, when he was appointed to the European Commission, of which he served from 1981 until 1985 as its First Vice-President. Lord Tugendhat entered the House of Lords in 1993, where he sits as a life peer.^[2]