Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton
On the formation of a Conservative government after the 1979 general election, Elton was made a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office.In 1981 he was moved to the Department of Health and Social Security and in 1982 to the Home Office.In 1985, Elton joined the Department of Environment, again as a Minister of State, but left the government the following year.[2] Elton was a candidate to become Lord Speaker in the elections that took place at the end of June 2006, but he was defeated, Baroness Hayman ultimately winning.Richenda was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth II until The Queen’s death in 2022.
The Right HonourableMinister of State for EnvironmentMargaret ThatcherHon. William WaldegraveMinister of State for Home AffairsParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home AffairsThe Lord BelsteadThe Lord GlenarthurParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social SecurityGeoffrey FinsbergThe Lord TrefgarneParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern IrelandTom PendryDavid MitchellHouse of Lordshereditary peerThe 1st Baron EltonSeat abolishedelected hereditary peerSeat establishedThe 7th Baron HarlechConservativeGodfrey Elton, 1st Baron EltonEton CollegeNew College, OxfordLoughborough Grammar School1979 general electionParliamentary Under Secretary of StateNorthern Ireland OfficeDepartment of Health and Social SecurityHome OfficeMinister of StateDepartment of EnvironmentHouse of Lords Act 1999House of Lords reformLord SpeakerBaroness HaymanLord HarlechRobert TilneyHugh GurneyLancelot CarnegieLady of the BedchamberElizabeth IIThe HonourableCoat of armscoronetHouse of Lords Reform Act 2014UK ParliamentWayback MachineNational Portrait Gallery, LondonPeerage of the United KingdomGodfrey EltonBaron EltonParliament of the United KingdomThe Lord Harlech2006 Lord Speaker electionThe Lord Falconer of ThorotonLord ChancellorThe Lord Boston of FavershamThe Baroness FookesThe Lord GrenfellThe Baroness HaymanThe Countess of MarThe Lord RedesdaleThe Lord RichardThe Viscount Ullswater