The Baron Davies of Stamford, politician, life peer, died 13 January, 2025. He was 80.
(John) Quentin Davies was the Conservative MP for Stamford and Spalding 1987-97, and for Grantham and Stamford 1997-2010, and crossed the floor to join the Labour benches in the House of Commons in 2007.
He was born 29 May, 1944, son of Dr Michael Ivor Davies and and his wife the former Thelma Butler. He married in 1983, Chantal Tamplin, the elder daughter of Lt-Col R.L.C. Tamplin, 17th/21st Lancers, Military Knight of Windsor, by his wife the former Claudine Pleis, by whom he had two sons.
He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1967; 3rd Secretary Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1967-69; 2nd Secretary, Moscow 1969-72; 1st Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1973-74. With Morgan Grenfell and Co. Was elected Tory MP at the General Election, 1987. Served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Education 1988-90; PPS to the Minister of State, Home Office 1990-91; Opposition Spokesman on Social Security and Pensions, 1998-99; Shadow Paymaster General, 1999-2000; Opposition Spokesman on Defence 2000-2001; Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary 2001-2003, &c.
He was raised to the peerage for life in 2010, as Baron Davies of Stamford, of Stamford in the County of Lincolnshire.
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