Richard Newby, Baron Newby

The Right Honourable The Lord Newby OBE
Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 3 May 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Succeeded by	The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Personal details
Born	14 February 1953
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	St Catherine's College, Oxford

Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby, OBE (born 14 February 1953), is a British politician, who served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, and the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2012 to 2015.

Early life, education and career

The son of Frank and Kathleen Newby, he was educated at the Rothwell Grammar School and St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 1974 and was later awarded a Master of Arts degree.

On leaving university, Newby joined HM Customs and Excise where, having been chairman of the board, he became principal in charge of budget coordination in 1980.

After the SDP he became director of corporate affairs at Rosehaugh plc, a major property developer. He subsequently became a consultant on corporate social responsibility.

Newby worked extensively on programmes which used the power of sport to help motivate and educate children and young people. He was chair of sport at The Prince's Trust (1997-2012), chair of International Development Through Sport (a UK Sport charity) and chair of Sport for Life International, of which he remains patron.

Political career

Newby was Secretary of the Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Committee in 1981 and National Secretary of the SDP from 1983 to 1988. From 1999 to 2006, Newby was Chief of Staff to Charles Kennedy.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours^[1] and was created a life peer with the title Baron Newby, of Rothwell in the County of West Yorkshire on 25 September 1997.^[2]

At the beginning of May 2012, Lord Newby was appointed the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords, and at the same time was appointed the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

In September 2012, he was appointed Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords.

Personal life

Lord Newby has been married since 1978 to the Rev. Ailsa Ballantyne Newby (née Thomson, now the Team Rector of St. Mary's Church, Putney); they have two sons.

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51981. p. 10. 30 December 1989.
2. The London Gazette: no. 54907. p. 11063. 1 October 1997.

• "DodOnline". Retrieved 15 October 2006.

External links

• Lord Newby profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• The They Work For You website

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