Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

The Right Honourable
The Lord Baker of Dorking
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Official portrait, 2020
Home Secretary
In office
28 November 1990 – 10 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byDavid Waddington
Succeeded byKenneth Clarke
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byTony Newton
Succeeded byChris Patten
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byPeter Brooke
Succeeded byChris Patten
Secretary of State for
Education and Science
In office
21 May 1986 – 24 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byJohn MacGregor
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
2 September 1985 – 21 May 1986
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byPatrick Jenkin
Succeeded byNicholas Ridley
Junior ministerial offices
1981–1985
Minister of State for Local Government
In office
11 September 1984 – 1 September 1985
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Sec. of StatePatrick Jenkin
Preceded byThe Lord Bellwin
Succeeded byWilliam Waldegrave
Minister of State for Industry and Information Technology[a]
In office
5 January 1981 – 10 September 1984
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Sec. of StateSir Keith Joseph
Patrick Jenkin
Cecil Parkinson
Norman Tebbit
Preceded byThe Viscount Trenchard
Succeeded byGeoffrey Pattie
Parliamentary Secretary for the Civil Service Department
In office
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974
Serving with Geoff Johnson-Smith (1972–1974)
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byDavid Howell
Succeeded byRobert Sheldon
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 June 1997
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Mole Valley
In office
9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byPaul Beresford
Member of Parliament
for St Marylebone
In office
22 October 1970 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byQuintin Hogg
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
for Acton
In office
28 March 1968 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byBernard Floud
Succeeded byNigel Spearing
Personal details
Born (1934-11-03) 3 November 1934
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Gray-Muir
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(m. 1963)​
ChildrenOswin · Sophia · Amy
Residence(s)Iford, East Sussex, England
EducationHampton Grammar School
St Paul's School, London
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford (BA, MSc)
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
a. ^ Minister of State for Industry: 5 January 1981 to 12 June 1983

Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (born 3 November 1934) is a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1997, and a cabinet minister, including holding the offices of Home Secretary, Education Secretary and Conservative Party Chairman. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.

Baker stood down from the House of Commons at the 1997 election and was created a life peer as Baron Baker of Dorking, joining the House of Lords.

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