Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

Ivon Anthony Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara, PC DL (born 20 December 1946), is a British Conservative politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Brabazon of Tara PC DL
Moore-Brabazon in 2018
Chairman of Committees
In office 13 November 2002 – 1 May 2012
Preceded by	The Lord Tordoff
Succeeded by	The Lord Sewel
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees
In office 20 June 2001 – 13 November 2002
Preceded by	The Lord Tordoff
Succeeded by	The Lord Grenfell
Minister of State for Transport
In office 23 July 1990 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Michael Portillo
Succeeded by	The Earl of Caithness
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 24 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Glenarthur
Succeeded by	The Earl of Caithness
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 10 September 1986 – 23 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Earl of Caithness
Succeeded by	Robert Atkins
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 19 September 1984 – 10 September 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Lucas of Chilworth
Succeeded by	The Lord Hesketh
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 1976 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 2nd Lord Brabazon of Tara
Personal details
Born	20 December 1946
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Non-affiliated (2001–2012)

Early life

Lord Brabazon attended Harrow School. He married Harriet Frances de Courcy Hamilton in 1979, with whom he had a son and a daughter. He has worked in the London Stock Exchange and the freight industry.

Political career

House of Lords

He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative and from 1984 to 1986 was a House of Lords whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. He then became a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, holding that post until 1989. Lord Brabazon was then made a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In early 1990, he returned to the Department of Transport as Minister of State, holding that post until leaving office at the 1992 general election.

House of Lords Act 1999

With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Brabazon along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was however elected as one of the 92 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform.

In 2001, he was elected Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as a result resigned the Conservative whip and became a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords.[1] This means that he is not associated with any party or with the Crossbenchers. He was the Chairman of Committees from 2002 to 2012, at which point he retook the Conservative whip.[2]

Lord Brabazon is a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight.[3]

Marriage and children

He married Harriet Frances Hamilton, daughter of Mervyn Peter de Courcy Hamilton, on 8 September 1979. They have one son and one daughter:

• Hon. Benjamin Ralph Moore-Brabazon (b. 15 March 1983), read Economics at Durham University (2002–2005); an investment manager with Brewin Dolphin[4][5] Married to Molly (née Parish)[6]
  • Max George Moore-Brabazon (b. 23 March 2015)
  • Felix Theodore Reggie Moore-Brabazon (b. 17 May 2017)
• Hon. Anabel Mary Moore-Brabazon (b. 1985), in-house solicitor at Burberry[7]

References

1. "House of Lords: Breakdown of Lords by party strength and type of peerage". 30 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
2. "Lord Brabazon of Tara". DodOnline. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Ben Moore-Brabazon". Brewin Dolphin. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
5. Levy, Danielle (15 September 2011). "We reveal Britain's Top 30 wealth managers under 30". Wealth Manager. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
6. "The Hon B.R. Moore-Brabazon and Miss M.C. Parish". Engagements, Telegraph Announcements. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
7. "Anabel Mary Moore-Brabazon". The Law Society. Retrieved 24 December 2020.