Timothy Raison

Sir Timothy Raison
Minister for Overseas Development
In office
6 January 1983  10 September 1986
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNeil Marten
Succeeded byChris Patten
Minister of State for Immigration
In office
4 May 1979  6 January 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byBrynmor John
Succeeded byDavid Waddington
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
11 February 1975  19 November 1976
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byMichael Heseltine
Member of Parliament
for Aylesbury
In office
18 June 1970  16 March 1992
Preceded bySpencer Summers
Succeeded byDavid Lidington
Personal details
Born
Timothy Hugh Francis Raison

(1929-11-03)3 November 1929
London, England
Died3 November 2011(2011-11-03) (aged 82)
Oxford, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Veldes Charrington
(m. 1956)
Children4, including Paul
Parent
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison (3 November 1929 – 3 November 2011) was a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was the MP for Aylesbury from 1970 to 1992, and served in the government of Margaret Thatcher.