Tristan Garel-Jones

The Lord Garel-Jones
Minister of State for Europe
In office
14 July 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byFrancis Maude
Succeeded byDavid Heathcoat-Amory
Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Hunt
Succeeded byAlastair Goodlad
Comptroller of the Household
In office
26 July 1988 – 25 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Boscawen
Succeeded byAlastair Goodlad
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
16 October 1986 – 26 July 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Boscawen
Succeeded byMichael Neubert
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
22 October 1997 – 23 March 2020
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Watford
In office
3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byRaphael Tuck
Succeeded byClaire Ward
Personal details
Born
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones

(1941-02-28)28 February 1941
Gorseinon, Wales
Died23 March 2020(2020-03-23) (aged 79)
Candeleda, Spain
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children5

William Armand Thomas "Tristan" Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC (28 February 1941 – 23 March 2020) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1979 to 1997, before being made a life peer in 1997.

Following his election to Parliament, Garel-Jones served in various whip positions and also as a junior minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "No. 54851". The London Gazette. 1 August 1997. p. 2.