Patrick Mayhew

Patrick Mayhew    (politician, lawyer)
Born	Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew 1929-09-11
Died	2016-06-25 (Age 86) Kent, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Oxford University/Balliol College, Middle Temple
Member of	Königswinter/Speakers
Party	Conservative
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland  In office 10 April 1992 - 2 May 1997 Preceded by Peter Brooke Succeeded by Mo Mowlam  Attorney General for England and Wales  In office 13 June 1987 - 10 April 1992 Preceded by Michael Havers Succeeded by Nicholas Lyell  Attorney General for Northern Ireland  In office 13 June 1987 - 10 April 1992 Preceded by Michael Havers Succeeded by Nicholas Lyell  Solicitor General for England and Wales  In office 13 June 1983 - 13 June 1987 Succeeded by Nicholas Lyell  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment In office 4 May 1979 - 5 January 1981  Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells In office 28 February 1974 - 2 May 1997 Succeeded by Archie Norman

Patrick Mayhew was Solicitor-General from 1983 to 1987; Attorney General from 1987 to 1992; and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1992 to 1997. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Mayhew of Twysden in 1997.

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