Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch
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The Right Honourable The Lord Pearson of Rannoch |
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Lord Pearson in 2009
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| Leader of the UK Independence Party | |
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In office 27 November 2009 – 2 September 2010 |
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| Deputy | David Campbell Bannerman |
| Preceded by | Nigel Farage |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Titford |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 18 June 1990 |
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| Personal details | |
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Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson 20 July 1942 Devizes, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Conservative (until 2007) |
| Spouse(s) | Francesca Frua de Angeli (m. 1965; div. 1970) Mary Charteris (m. 1977; div. 1995) Caroline St Vincent Rose (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch (born 20 July 1942, Devizes, Wiltshire) is a British businessman and former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He is a member of the House of Lords.
Born in Devizes, the son of John M. and Rosabel C. Pearson (née Moysey), and educated at Eton College, Pearson had a successful career in international insurance until he resigned on becoming leader of UKIP.
He was made a life peer on 18 June 1990 as Baron Pearson of Rannoch, of Bridge of Gaur in the District of Perth and Kinross, sitting as a Conservative. He entered the House for services to the insurance industry, particularly his anti-corruption stance on the Savonita affair.
In February 1997, Hugo Gurdon published an interview in the Daily Telegraph with Pearson, discussing his metaphysical and political beliefs and motivations.
Pearson became Treasurer of the degree-awarding body to the polytechnic sector, the Council for National Academic Awards, serving from 1983 to 1992.
A daughter from his second marriage, born in 1980, introduced him to the world of learning disabilities for which he has done extensive work and fundraising, in particular for the Camphill movement.
Pearson is a euro-sceptic of long standing. In May 2004, he called for voters to back the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Along with three other Conservative peers, he was then expelled by the Conservative Party on 30 May. He subsequently said that he would probably sit as an "independent Conservative". He threatened to quit the Conservatives to join UKIP, which he did on 7 January 2007, along with Lord Willoughby de Broke.
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