Des Browne
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The Right Honourable The Lord Browne of Ladyton PC |
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| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 3 October 2008 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Reid |
| Succeeded by | John Hutton |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Paul Boateng |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Timms |
| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counterterrorism | |
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In office 1 April 2004 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Beverley Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Tony McNulty (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality) |
| Minister of State for Work & Pensions | |
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In office May 2003 – 1 April 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office May 2001 – May 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
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Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | William McKelvey |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Jamieson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 March 1952 Kilwinning, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton (born 22 March 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010. He was a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, until the latter moved him from both Defence and Scottish Secretary in 2008.
Browne was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, lived in Stevenston for the early part of his life, and was educated at the Catholic St Michael's Academy in Kilwinning and later at the University of Glasgow, where he received a degree in law.
Browne supports Rangers.
He started his legal career in 1974 as an apprentice solicitor with the firm James Campbell & Co. On qualifying in 1976 he became an assistant solicitor with Ross, Harper and Murphy, and was promoted to partner in 1980. He became a partner in McCluskey Browne in 1985 and a council member of the Law Society of Scotland 1988-1992. He was admitted as an advocate in 1993, practising at the Scottish bar until 1997. He worked mainly in child law.
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