John Maples

The Right Honourable
The Lord Maples
The Right Honourable The Lord Maples
	Official portrait, c. 2005
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 26 October 1989 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher; John Major;
Preceded by	Richard Ryder
Succeeded by	Anthony Nelson
Leader
Shadow Cabinet posts
Shadow Foreign Secretary
	In office; 15 June 1999 – 2 February 2000
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Michael Howard
Succeeded by	Francis Maude
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
	In office; 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	George Young
Succeeded by	Iain Duncan Smith
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
	In office; 19 June 1997 – 1 June 1998
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Stephen Dorrell
Succeeded by	Ann Widdecombe
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage; 24 July 2010 – 9 June 2012
Member of Parliament; for Stratford-on-Avon
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Alan Howarth
Succeeded by	Nadhim Zahawi
Member of Parliament; for Lewisham West
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Christopher Price
Succeeded by	Jim Dowd
Personal details
Born	John Cradock Maples; 22 April 1943; Fareham, England
Died	9 June 2012 (aged 69); Westminster, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	; Lawry Kennedy (m. 1976; div. 1980) Jane Corbin (m. 1986)
Children	2 (by Corbin)
Education	Marlborough College
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 and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010.