Douglas Hurd
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE PC |
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| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 26 October 1989 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 2 September 1985 – 26 October 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Leon Brittan |
| Succeeded by | David Waddington |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 27 September 1984 – 2 September 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | James Prior |
| Succeeded by | Tom King |
| Minister for Europe | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
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Member of Parliament for Witney |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Shaun Woodward |
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Member of Parliament for Mid Oxfordshire |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Douglas Richard Hurd 8 March 1930 Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Tatiana, daughter of Major Arthur Eyre MBE (1960-1982; divorced) (2) Judy Smart (1982-2008; her death) |
| Relations |
Anthony, Lord Hurd (father); Sir Percy Hurd (grandfather); Sir Archibald Hurd (uncle) |
| Children | 3 sons (by 1st wife); 1 son and 1 daughter (by 2nd wife) |
| Alma mater |
Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge |
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH CBE PC (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.
Born in the market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, Hurd first entered Parliament in February 1974 as MP for the Mid Oxfordshire constituency (Witney from 1983). His first government post was as Minister for Europe from 1979 to 1983 (being that office's inaugural holder) and he served in several Cabinet roles from 1984 onwards, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984–85), Home Secretary (1985–89) and Foreign Secretary (1989–95). He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990, but retired from frontline politics during a Cabinet reshuffle in 1995.
In 1997, Hurd was elevated to the House of Lords and is one of the Conservative Party's most senior elder statesmen. He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group and remains an active figure in public life. He retired from the Lords in 2016.
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