The Baron Higgins, KBE, DL, PC, former Conservative MP and government minister, died 25 November, 2025, aged 97.
He was born Terence Langley Higgins, 18 January, 1928, son of Frederick Reginald Higgins (1899-1977), and his wife the former Rose Inez Langley; and married 1961, Rosalyn Cohen (born 2 June, 1937), daughter of Louis Cohen, by his wife the former Fanny Inberg, by whom he had issue, a son, and a daughter.
He was Tory MP for Worthing 1964-1997, and served as a Minister of State for the Treasury 1970-72, in Edward Heath's administration, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1972-74.
He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1979, and appointed KBE in 1993. He was raised to the peerage for life in October, 1997, as Baron Higgins, of Worthing in the County of West Sussex.
His wife is Dame Rosalyn Higgins, GBE, KC, former President of the International Court of Justice, appointed DBE in 1995, & advanced to GBE in 2019.
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