Tristan Garel-Jones

The Lord Garel-Jones
Minister of State for Europe
In office
14 July 1990  27 May 1993
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byFrancis Maude
Succeeded byDavid Heathcoat-Amory
Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
25 July 1989  14 July 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Hunt
Succeeded byAlastair Goodlad
Comptroller of the Household
In office
26 July 1988  25 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Boscawen
Succeeded byAlastair Goodlad
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
16 October 1986  26 July 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Boscawen
Succeeded byMichael Neubert
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
22 October 1997  23 March 2020
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Watford
In office
3 May 1979  8 April 1997
Preceded byRaphael Tuck
Succeeded byClaire Ward
Personal details
Born
William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones

(1941-02-28)28 February 1941
Gorseinon, Wales
Died23 March 2020(2020-03-23) (aged 79)
Candeleda, Spain
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children5

William Armand Thomas "Tristan" Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC (28 February 1941 – 23 March 2020) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1979 to 1997, before being made a life peer in 1997.

Following his election to Parliament, Garel-Jones served in various whip positions and also as a junior minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.