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Bernard Weatherill

The Right Honourable
The Lord Weatherill
KStJ PC DL
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Weatherill's official portrait as Speaker, by Norman Blamey (1986)
Speaker of the House of Commons
In office
15 June 1983 – 9 April 1992
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by George Thomas
Succeeded by Betty Boothroyd
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
10 May 1979 – 11 June 1983
Speaker George Thomas
Preceded by Oscar Murton
Succeeded by Harold Walker
Treasurer of the Household
In office
2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister Edward Heath
Preceded by Humphrey Atkins
Succeeded by Walter Harrison
Comptroller of the Household
In office
7 April 1972 – 2 December 1973
Prime Minister Edward Heath
Preceded by Reginald Eyre
Succeeded by Walter Clegg
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
17 October 1971 – 7 April 1972
Prime Minister Edward Heath
Preceded by Jasper More
Succeeded by Walter Clegg
Member of Parliament
for Croydon North East
In office
15 October 1964 – 9 April 1992
Preceded by John Hughes-Hallett
Succeeded by David Congdon
Personal details
Born (1920-11-25)25 November 1920
London, England, UK
Died 6 May 2007(2007-05-06) (aged 86)
Caterham, Surrey, UK
Political party Crossbencher (1992–2007)
None (1983–1992)
Conservative (until 1983)
Spouse(s) Lyn Eatwell
Children 3

Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL (25 November 1920 – 6 May 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 1992.

He was the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883–1962) and Annie Gertrude née Creak (1886–1966). He married Lyn Eatwell (1928–) in 1949 and they had three children: Bernard Richard, QC (born 1951), Henry Bruce (born 1953) and Virginia (born 1955). Weatherill was known as "Jack", while his twin sister (baptismal name Margery) was called "Jill".

After attending Malvern College, he was apprenticed at age 17 as a tailor to the family firm Bernard Weatherill Ltd, Sporting Tailors, later of Savile Row. He became Director (1948), Managing Director (1958), and Chairman (1967) of the business. After it merged with Kilgour French & Stanbury Ltd., Tailors in 1969, he became Chairman of the combined firm. He resumed his role with the company after his retirement from the House of Commons in 1992, as President until the firm was acquired by others in 2003. Some of the clothes he designed are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and other museum collections.

Following his mother's advice, he always carried his tailoring thimble in his pocket as a reminder of his trade origins and the need for humility, no matter how high one rises. He said that he desired his epitaph to be "He always kept his word."

He was a member of three City of London Livery Companies: the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, and the Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers.


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