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Early life
He is the son of John Sidney Viggers. He went to Alverstoke School and Portsmouth Grammar School. The Portsmouth Grammar School is an independent coeducational day school located in Portsmouth, England He studied at Trinity Hall College at the University of Cambridge, receiving an MA in History and Law in 1961. Trinity Hall is the fifth oldest college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts ( MA) is awarded to Bachelors He qualified from the College of Law in Guildford in 1967. The College of Law of England and Wales (CoL is a private educational institution in England which provides Legal education for students and professionals Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the He became a solicitor in 1967. From 1970-9, he was the Chair and Director of banking, oil, hotels, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and venture capital companies. Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of Private equity capital typically provided to immature high-potential growth companies
Political career
He is member of Parliament for Gosport, his home town and lives just a few miles from where he was born. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Gosport is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was first elected in February 1974 and has been Gosport's MP ever since. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He served as the Industry Minister for Northern Ireland under Margaret Thatcher from 1986-9. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 He left government in 1989, and has remained on the back-benches since. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
He was the Chair of Calgary-based Tracer Petroleum Corporation from 1996-8, and also of Lloyd's Pension Fund since 1996. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada He was a Director of Jakarta-based Emerald Energy plc from April 1998-2003. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
In 2002, he made headlines by suggesting the European Union adopt a 'single European language' to cut down in translation costs. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
Personal life
He is a vice-patron of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The founder Sir William Hillary Sir William Hillary came to live on the Isle of Man in 1808 He is also an honorary treasury of the America All Party Parliamentary Group. The America All Party Parliamentary Group is a cross-party group consisting of members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, whose purpose is 'to prompt friendly relations For four years he was the Chairman of Governors at St Vincent College. St Vincent College is a small Co-educational sixth form (16-18 College located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. He married (medical) Dr Jennifer Mary McMillan in 1968, and they have two sons and one daughter.
External links
- Official site
- They Work For You
- Gosport Conservatives
- Guardian biography
- BBC Politics page
- Interviewed for BBC's Newsround
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