John Wakeham

The Lord Wakeham
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
11 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Lord Waddington
Succeeded byViscount Cranborne
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
11 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Lord Waddington
Succeeded byViscount Cranborne
In office
13 June 1987 – 10 January 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Biffen
Succeeded byThe Lord Belstead
Secretary of State for Energy
In office
24 July 1989 – 11 April 1992
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byCecil Parkinson
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Lord President of the Council
In office
10 January 1988 – 24 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Viscount Whitelaw
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Biffen
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
9 June 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMichael Jopling
Succeeded byDavid Waddington
Minister of State for the Treasury
In office
6 April 1982 – 9 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Cockfield
Succeeded byBarney Hayhoe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office
15 September 1981 – 6 April 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMichael Marshall
Succeeded byJohn Butcher
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
9 January 1981 – 15 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byTony Newton
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
29 April 1992
Member of Parliament
for South Colchester and Maldon
(Maldon 1974–1983)
In office
28 February 1974 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byBrian Harrison
Succeeded byJohn Whittingdale
Personal details
Born (1932-06-22) 22 June 1932 (age 92)[1]
Political partyConservative
Spouses
  • Roberta Wakeham
    (m. 1965; died 1984)
  • Alison Ward
    (m. 1985)
Children3
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC DL (born 22 June 1932) is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.[2] He was chancellor of Brunel University between 1998 and 2012, and since then has been its chancellor emeritus.[3]

Wakeham was a director of Enron from 1994[4] until its bankruptcy in 2001.[5]

  1. ^ "Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Wakeham". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Mr John Wakeham". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Chancellor". Brunel University. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ Staff and agencies (30 January 2002). "Enron's board of directors". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ^ "UC reaches $168-million settlement with Enron directors in securities fraud case". University of California. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.