Francis Pym

The Lord Pym
Pym, 60, in a photograph
Pym in 1982
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Carrington
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Lord President of the Council
In office
14 September 1981 – 5 April 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Soames
Succeeded byJohn Biffen
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
5 January 1981 – 5 April 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNorman St John-Stevas
Succeeded byJohn Biffen
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNorman St John-Stevas
Succeeded byThe Baroness Young
Paymaster General
In office
5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byAngus Maude
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Defence
In office
4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byFred Mulley
Succeeded byJohn Nott
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byWilliam Whitelaw
Succeeded byMerlyn Rees
Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
19 June 1970 – 2 December 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byBob Mellish
Succeeded byHumphrey Atkins
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
6 November 1978 – 4 May 1979
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Davies
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office
19 November 1976 – 6 November 1978
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Peyton
Succeeded byNorman St John-Stevas
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
4 March 1974 – 19 November 1976
Leader
  • Edward Heath
  • Margaret Thatcher
Preceded byNorman Buchan
Succeeded byMichael Jopling
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
4 March 1974 – 29 October 1974
LeaderEdward Heath
Preceded byMerlyn Rees
Succeeded byIan Gilmour
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
9 October 1987 – 7 March 2008
Member of Parliament
for South East Cambridgeshire
In office
9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byJim Paice
Member of Parliament
for Cambridgeshire
In office
17 March 1961 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byGerald Howard
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Francis Leslie Pym

(1922-02-13)13 February 1922
Abergavenny, Wales
Died7 March 2008(2008-03-07) (aged 86)
Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Valerie Daglish
(m. 1949)
Children4
ParentLeslie Pym (father)
EducationEton College
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge

Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, MC, PC, DL (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire (South East Cambridgeshire after 1983) from 1961 to 1987. Pym was made a life peer in 1987.