Tony Baldry
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The Right Honourable Sir Tony Baldry DL |
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| Second Church Estates Commissioner | |
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In office 21 June 2010 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Stuart Bell |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Michael Jack |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Rooker |
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Member of Parliament for Banbury |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Marten |
| Succeeded by | Victoria Prentis |
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10 July 1950 Uxbridge, Middlesex, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Pippa |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Sussex Inns of Court |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | Sussex Yeomanry |
| Years of service | 1971–91 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Sir Antony Brian Baldry PC DL (born 10 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury from 1983 to 2015.
Born in 1950, Baldry was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school, and the University of Sussex where he read Law. During his university years, Baldry was actively involved in student politics and, whilst attending Sussex, took the Students' Union to the High Court on the grounds that the Students' Union was making ultra vires payments out of Student Union funds to various political organisations. Baldry v. Feintuck for the first time defined the legal status of students' unions.
In 1975, Baldry was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn and became a common lawyer, joining the Oxford and Midlands Circuit.
In 1971, whilst at university, Baldry joined the Sussex Yeomanry. On 19 May 1974, he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, as a second lieutenant (on probation). He was given the service number 498590. His commission and rank were confirmed on 19 May 1974. He was promoted to lieutenant on 19 May 1976, and to captain on 18 February 1981.
He retired from the Territorial Army on 1 April 1990 with the rank of acting major.
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