Patrick Mayhew
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mayhew of Twysden PC QC DL |
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| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Peter Brooke |
| Succeeded by | Mo Mowlam |
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Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 10 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Havers |
| Succeeded by | Sir Nicholas Lyell |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Ian Percival |
| Succeeded by | Sir Nicholas Lyell |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Grant |
| Succeeded by | David Waddington |
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Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Archie Norman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew 11 September 1929 |
| Died | 25 June 2016 (aged 86) Kent, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford Middle Temple |
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, PC, QC, DL (11 September 1929 – 25 June 2016) was a British barrister and politician.
Through his father, Mayhew was descended from the Victorian social commentator Henry Mayhew. Mayhew's mother was a Roche and a relative of Lord Fermoy. He was educated at Tonbridge School, an all boys public school in Tonbridge, Kent.
He then served as an officer in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, studied law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was president of the Oxford University Conservative Association and of the Oxford Union. He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1955.
Mayhew contested Dulwich in 1970, but the incumbent Labour member, Sam Silkin, beat him by 895 votes. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tunbridge Wells constituency from its creation at the February 1974 general election, standing down at the 1997 election.
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