Michael Lord

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = The Lord Framlingham

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Official portrait of Lord Framlingham crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2019

| office = Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

|1blankname = Speaker

|1namedata = Betty Boothroyd
Michael Martin
John Bercow

| term_start = 14 May 1997

| term_end = 8 June 2010

| predecessor = Dame Janet Fookes

| successor = Dawn Primarolo

|office1 = Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal

|term_start1 = 18 January 2011
Life Peerage

| office2 = Member of Parliament
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Suffolk Central (1983–1997)

| term_start2 = 9 June 1983

| term_end2 = 12 April 2010

| predecessor2 = new constituency

| successor2 = Dan Poulter

|birth_name=Michael Nicholson Lord

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|10|17}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = British

| spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Margaret Childs|1965}}

| party = Conservative

| relations =

| 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

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.Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43 He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.{{Cite web | url=http://www.trees.org.uk |title = Arboricultural Association - Home}}

Parliamentary career

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.{{London Gazette |issue=56683 |date=6 September 2002 |page=10737}}United Kingdom {{London Gazette| issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001|pages=1 |supp=1}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/11/peerages-honours-and-appointments-2-57256|title=Latest peerages announced - Press releases|website=www.number10.gov.uk|access-date=2016-09-20}} 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.{{London Gazette |issue=59675 |date=19 January 2011 |page=777}} Though life peers usually use their surname in their title, Framlingham was advised he could not become "Lord Lord";[https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22275805.suffolk-ex-mp-lord-lord-decision-make/ Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make] (Accessed 22 May 2015) though this nickname has since been used occasionally in jest.

Personal life

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

References

External links

[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3198,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Sir Michael Lord MP]
[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/michael_lord/central_suffolk_and_north_ipswich TheyWorkForYou.com – Michael Lord MP]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509072546/http://www.centralsuffolk.co.uk/pg_mp.htm Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservatives]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/553.stm BBC Politics]

{{s-ttl

| title = Member of Parliament for {{nowrap|Central Suffolk}}

| years = 1983–1997

}}

{{s-ttl

| title = Member of Parliament for
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

| years = 1997–2010

}}

{{succession box

| title = Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

| years = 1997–2010

| before = Dame Janet Fookes