Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
[4] After unsuccessfully challenging Neil Kinnock at the Labour stronghold of Bedwellty in October 1974, he was elected as MP for the City of London and Westminster South in a by-election in 1977.His speech, made in November 1990 in London, is largely credited with bringing Sinn Féin to the negotiating table, in which he declared that Britain had no "selfish strategic or economic interest" in Northern Ireland and would accept unification, if the people wished it.After a pleasant interview, the presenter, Gay Byrne, coaxed and goaded the unwilling Brooke into singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine", on a day when seven Protestant construction workers had been killed by an IRA bomb.The House instead elected the Labour MP Betty Boothroyd to the role, with several Conservative MPs voting against Brooke on the grounds that he had too recently been in the Cabinet and was thus insufficiently close to the backbenches.Brooke then remained on the backbenches for a short time, before being brought back into the Cabinet later in the year as Secretary of State for National Heritage, a role he held until 1994.
The Right HonourableNick SinclairSecretary of State for National HeritageJohn MajorDavid MellorStephen DorrellSecretary of State for Northern IrelandMargaret ThatcherTom KingPatrick MayhewPaymaster GeneralKenneth ClarkeThe Earl of CaithnessChairman of the Conservative PartyNorman TebbitKenneth BakerHouse of LordsLife peerageMember of ParliamentCities of London and WestminsterChristopher TugendhatMark FieldTisbury, WiltshireConservativeHenry BrookeBarbara MathewsAlma materBalliol College, OxfordHarvard Business SchoolConservative PartyCabinetLondon and WestminsterHome SecretarySir Henry BrookeMarlborough CollegeOxford UnionheadhunterSpencer StuartNeil KinnockLabourBedwelltyOctober 1974City of London and Westminster Southby-election in 1977Privy councilSinn FéinThe Late Late ShowGay ByrneOh My Darling, ClementineApril 1992 general electionSpeaker of the House of CommonsBetty BoothroydWindsor Castle2001 general electionlife peerSutton MandevilleCounty of WiltshireMember of the Order of the Companions of HonourCoronet of a BaronThe Daily TelegraphThe London GazetteHansardNational Portrait Gallery, LondonParliament of the United KingdomSecretaries of state for Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeWhitelawAtkinsMayhewMowlamMandelsonMurphyWoodwardPatersonVilliersBrokenshireBradleyHeaton-HarrisSecretary of State for WalesShadow Secretary of State for Northern IrelandSecretaries of state for culture, media and sport of the United KingdomMellorDorrellBottomleyJowellPurnellBurnhamBradshawMillerWhittingdaleHancockWrightMorganDowdenDorriesDonelanFrazerPaymasters general of the United KingdomParnellStanleyKnatchbullBaringMacaulayGranvilleColchesterPleydell-BouverieDonoughmoreLovaineWilsonCowperGoschenMonsellDufferinChildersPlunketWolvertonBeauchampThurlowBrownlowJerseyWindsorSeale-HayneHopetounMarlboroughCrossleyCauston