| 词条 | John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee |
| 释义 |
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl Attlee | image = Official portrait of Earl Attlee crop 2.jpg | caption = |office1 = Lord-in-waiting Government Whip |primeminister1 = David Cameron |term_start1 = 11 May 2010 |term_end1 = April 2014 |predecessor1 = The Lord Tunnicliffe |successor1 = The Baroness Williams of Trafford |office2 = Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |term_start2 = 2 March 1992 Hereditary Peerage |predecessor2 = The 2nd Earl Attlee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | spouse = {{marriage|Teresa Ahern|27 September 2008}} | party = Conservative }} John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (born 3 October 1956), styled Viscount Prestwood between 1967 and 1991, is a British Conservative Party peer and Lord Temporal. He is the grandson of Clement Attlee, the Labour Prime Minister, who was 1st Earl Attlee. Early lifeAttlee was educated at Stowe School, trained with Smiths Industries and worked mainly in materials management.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Professional careerIn 1985, Attlee went into business in the field of commercial vehicle recovery and repair.[1] In this connection he is President of the Heavy Transport Association and Patron of the Road Rescue Recovery Association.[1] He undertook a tour with the non-governmental organisation British Direct Aid in Bosnia during the winter of 1993–94, and then ran British Direct Aid's operation in Rwanda for most of 1995.[1] Military serviceA member of the Territorial Army, Attlee served in Bosnia during 1997–1998, and in Iraq in 2003.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Political careerAttlee inherited his title following his father's death in 1991 and entered the House of Lords in 1992,[1] initially as a crossbencher. Shortly before the general election of 1997 he joined the Conservative Party. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He served as an Opposition spokesman on various subjects; immediately prior to the 2010 general election he was spokesman for transport and an Opposition whip.[2] Following the Conservative victory in that election Earl Attlee was appointed a Lord-in-waiting or Government whip in the House of Lords.[3] He continued in that role until April 2014, when he left the Government. He was replaced by Baroness Williams of Trafford.[4] Personal lifeEarl Attlee married Teresa Ahern on 27 September 2008, in the Crypt Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, Palace of Westminster.[5] Lady Attlee is the younger daughter of Mortimer Ahern, of Malvern, Worcestershire. Should Lord Attlee die without a son, the Earldom will become extinct. Styles of address and armsStyles of address
Arms{{Infobox coat of arms wide|image = |crest = On a Mount Vert two Lions addorsed Or |coronet = A Coronet of an Earl |escutcheon =Azure on a Chevron Or between three Hearts of the Last winged Argent as many Lions rampant Sable |supporters = On either side a Welsh Terrier sejant Proper |motto = Labor vincit omnia (Labour conquers all) }} References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.conservatives.com/People/Peers/Attlee_John.aspx|title=John Attlee|publisher=Conservative Party|accessdate=28 January 2010}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/26830.stm|title=Earl Attlee |publisher=BBC News|work=Democracy Live|accessdate=28 January 2010}} 3. ^{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8675705.stm | work=BBC News | title=Who's who: Cameron's government | date=3 June 2010}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-to-the-government-baroness-williams-of-trafford|title=Appointment to the government: Baroness Williams of Trafford|publisher=GOV.uk|accessdate=8 April 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marriages/121377/earl-attlee-and-miss-t.m.-ahern|title=Earl Attlee and Miss T. M. Ahern|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=Telegraph Announcements|accessdate=6 September 2010 | location=London}} External links
7 : 1956 births|Living people|British people of English descent|People educated at Stowe School|Earls Attlee|Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers|Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。