Lord Deben was Conservative Party Chairman from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997.
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16 Facts About Lord Deben
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Lord Deben is Chairman of the UK's independent Committee on Climate Change.
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Lord Deben is a director of The Catholic Herald and the Castle Trust – a mortgage and investment firm.
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Lord Deben is a trustee of climate change charity Cool Earth, alongside the ocean conservation charity, Blue Marine Foundation.
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Lord Deben is the eldest son of a Church of England priest, Canon Selwyn Gummer, and his younger brother is Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, a PR professional.
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Lord Deben was unseated in February 1974 by Labour's Christopher Price who achieved a 3.
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Lord Deben held the constituency and its successor Suffolk Coastal until his retirement from the Commons in 2010.
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Lord Deben joined the Cabinet in 1989 as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, moving to become Secretary of State for the Environment under John Major in 1993.
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Lord Deben subsequently became a backbencher and chairman of the All-Party Group on Architecture and Planning.
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Lord Deben was instrumental in the passing of the Climate Change Act of 2008.
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Lord Deben repaid £11,538 for gardening and household bills and donated £11,500 to charity, saying that he was paying above the minimum required in order to demonstrate "corporate social responsibility" for the expenses system.
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Lord Deben was introduced in the House of Lords the same day, supported by his brother, Lord Chadlington, and the composer Lord Lloyd-Webber.
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In September 2012, Lord Deben was confirmed as Chairman of the UK's independent Committee on Climate Change, succeeding Adair, Lord Turner.
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Lord Deben has been married to Penelope Gardner since 1977, and lives at Winston Grange, a Grade II listed property in Suffolk.
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Lord Deben converted to the Catholic Church in 1992, having previously been a practising Anglican and a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.
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Lord Deben has supported the creation of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham for former Anglicans who have, like him, joined the Catholic Church, including serving as an Honorary Vice-President of the Friends of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
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