Paul Channon
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The Right Honourable The Lord Kelvedon PC |
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| Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Moore |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 24 January 1986 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Leon Brittan |
| Succeeded by | David Young |
| Minister of State for the Arts | |
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In office 5 January 1981 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Norman St John-Stevas |
| Succeeded by | Grey Ruthven |
| Member of Parliament for Southend West |
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In office 29 January 1959 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Channon |
| Succeeded by | David Amess |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 October 1935 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 27 January 2007 (aged 71) Brentwood, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC (9 October 1935 – 27 January 2007) was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997. He served in various ministerial offices, and was a Cabinet minister for 3½ years, as President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from January 1986 to June 1987, and then as Secretary of State for Transport to July 1989.
Channon was the only child of Sir Henry "Chips" Channon, the politician and diarist, and Lady Honor Channon, eldest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh. It is not unreasonable to suppose that he was named after Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, his father's dearest friend. His family were well connected: he received a toy panda from King Edward VIII in the run up to the abdication, and was friends with the Duke of Kent, who was born on the same day, from childhood. He was evacuated to live with the Astor family during the Second World War.
Channon was educated at two independent schools: at Lockers Park School in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire and Eton College in Eton, Berkshire. Playwright Terence Rattigan, an intimate companion of his father, dedicated his play The Winslow Boy (1946) to him.
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