John Maples, Baron Maples
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The Right Honourable The Lord Maples |
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| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 15 June 1999 – 2 February 2000 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Michael Howard |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | George Young |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 19 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Stephen Dorrell |
| Succeeded by | Ann Widdecombe |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 26 October 1989 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Richard Ryder |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Nelson |
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Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Howarth |
| Succeeded by | Nadhim Zahawi |
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Member of Parliament for Lewisham West |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 16 March 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher Price |
| Succeeded by | Jim Dowd |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 April 1943 Fareham, England, UK |
| Died | 9 June 2012 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lawry Kennedy (1976–1980) Jane Corbin (1986–2012) |
| Children | 2 (with Corbin) |
| Alma mater |
Downing College, Cambridge Harvard University City Law School |
| Website | Official website |
John Cradock Maples, Baron Maples (22 April 1943 – 9 June 2012) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010. He was made a life peer in 2010.
John Cradock Maples was born at Fareham, Hampshire. His father, a businessman, lived in the Wirral; he was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Downing College, Cambridge where he read Law, and played hockey for the college and performed with the Footlights. Maples received an MA in 1964, and later studied at the Harvard Business School. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1965.
Maples was the MP for Lewisham West from 1983, until he lost the seat at the 1992 general election. Maples made good speeches in the Commons. His business background attracted him to the Treasury benches: Margaret Thatcher appointed him Parliamentary Private Secretary to Norman Lamont, then Economic Secretary to the Treasury. On Nigel Lawson's resignation in 1989, Lamont was made Chief Secretary to the Treasury, with Maples moving up to take Lamont's former role. During his time as Economic Secretary, 1989–90, Maples was instrumental in working with David Cameron on the policy to enter the Exchange Rate Mechanism, designed to track with the German Deutsch Mark Peg. In 1990, Maples had been appointed as Economic Secretary before the change of Prime Ministers. He dealt with the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) case. The Arab bank was based in London, and fell prey to the subsequent Arms to Iraq scandals and collapsed, bankrupting its depositors. He was also responsible for monitoring the Bank of England's monetary policy, which included bank regulation.
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