Francis Pym

The Right Honourable The Lord Pym MC PC DL
Pym in 1982
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Carrington
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Howe
Lord President of the Council
In office 14 September 1981 – 5 April 1982
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Soames
Succeeded by	John Biffen
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 5 January 1981 – 5 April 1982
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Norman St John-Stevas
Succeeded by	John Biffen
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Norman St John-Stevas
Succeeded by	The Baroness Young
Paymaster General
In office 5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Angus Maude
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Defence
In office 4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Fred Mulley
Succeeded by	John Nott
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	William Whitelaw
Succeeded by	Merlyn Rees
Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 19 June 1970 – 2 December 1973
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Bob Mellish
Succeeded by	Humphrey Atkins
Shadow Cabinet posts Shadow Foreign Secretary In office 6 November 1978 – 4 May 1979 Leader Margaret Thatcher Preceded by John Davies Succeeded by Peter Shore Shadow Leader of the House of Commons In office 19 November 1976 – 6 November 1978 Leader Margaret Thatcher Preceded by John Peyton Succeeded by Norman St John-Stevas Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food In office 4 March 1974 – 19 November 1976 Leader Edward Heath Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Norman Buchan Succeeded by Michael Jopling Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland In office 4 March 1974 – 29 October 1974 Leader Edward Heath Preceded by Merlyn Rees Succeeded by Ian Gilmour
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 9 October 1987 – 7 March 2008 Member of Parliament for South East Cambridgeshire In office 9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987 Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Jim Paice Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire In office 17 March 1961 – 13 May 1983 Preceded by Gerald Howard Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Francis Leslie Pym (1922-02-13)13 February 1922 Abergavenny, Wales
Died	7 March 2008(2008-03-07) (aged 86) Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Valerie Daglish ​ (m. 1949)​
Children	4
Parent	Leslie Pym (father)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge

Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, MC, PC, DL (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire (South East Cambridgeshire after 1983) from 1961 to 1987. Pym was made a life peer in 1987.