Michael Lord

The Right Honourable
The Lord Framlingham
The Right Honourable The Lord Framlingham
	Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons; Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
	In office; 14 May 1997 – 8 June 2010
Speaker	Betty Boothroyd; Michael Martin; John Bercow
Preceded by	Dame Janet Fookes
Succeeded by	Dawn Primarolo
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 January 2011; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; Central Suffolk and North Ipswich; Suffolk Central (1983–1997)
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	new constituency
Succeeded by	Dan Poulter
Personal details
Born	Michael Nicholson Lord; 17 October 1938 (age 85); Manchester, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jennifer Margaret Childs (m. 1965)
Children	2 (including Tim)
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.

He was the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, from 1997 to 2010.

Early life[edit]

He attended Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in agriculture in 1962 and a blue for rugby union as a centre. He also played club rugby for Bedford.^[1] He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.^[2]

Parliamentary career[edit]

He contested Manchester Gorton in 1979 and was first elected as an MP for Central Suffolk in 1983.

He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1997, and therefore did not take political stances or vote in the Chamber. Before his position, he was a eurosceptic who was one of the Maastricht Rebels. He was knighted in the 2001 Birthday Honours.^[3]^[4]

He stood down as an MP at the 2010 general election. On 19 November 2010, it was announced that he would be created a life peer and sit as a Conservative in the House of Lords.^[5] Created on 14 January 2011 and introduced into the House of Lords on 18 January 2011, he took the title Baron Framlingham, of Eye in the County of Suffolk.^[6] Though life peers usually use their surname in their title, Framlingham was advised he could not become "Lord Lord";^[7] though this nickname has since been used occasionally in jest.

Personal life[edit]

He married Jennifer Margaret Childs in 1965 and they have a son, Tim Lord, and a daughter.

References[edit]

^ Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43
^ "Arboricultural Association - Home".
^ "No. 56683". The London Gazette. 6 September 2002. p. 10737.
^ United Kingdom "No. 56237". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2001. p. 1.
^ "Latest peerages announced - Press releases". www.number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ "No. 59675". The London Gazette. 19 January 2011. p. 777.
^ Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make (Accessed 22 May 2015)

External links[edit]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk 1983–1997	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 1997–2010	Succeeded by Dan Poulter
Preceded by Dame Janet Fookes	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 1997–2010	Succeeded by Dawn Primarolo
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Edmiston	Gentlemen Baron Framlingham	Followed by The Lord Wood of Anfield

[1] Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43

[2] "Arboricultural Association - Home".

[3] "No. 56683". The London Gazette. 6 September 2002. p. 10737.

[4] United Kingdom "No. 56237". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2001. p. 1.

[5] "Latest peerages announced - Press releases". www.number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

[6] "No. 59675". The London Gazette. 19 January 2011. p. 777.

[7] Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make (Accessed 22 May 2015)

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