The Lord Rippon of Hexham | |
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![]() Rippon in 1970 | |
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament | |
In office 17 April 1977 – 7 July 1979 | |
Preceded by | Sir Peter Kirk |
Succeeded by | James Scott-Hopkins |
Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975 | |
Leader | Ted Heath |
Preceded by | Jim Callaghan |
Succeeded by | Reginald Maudling |
Secretary of State for the Environment | |
In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Ted Heath |
Preceded by | Peter Walker |
Succeeded by | Tony Crosland |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 25 July 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Ted Heath |
Preceded by | Anthony Barber |
Succeeded by | John Davies |
Minister of Technology | |
In office 20 June 1970 – 25 July 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Ted Heath |
Preceded by | Tony Benn |
Succeeded by | John Davies |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 1969 – 20 June 1970 | |
Leader | Ted Heath |
Preceded by | Reginald Maudling |
Succeeded by | George Thomson |
Member of Parliament for Hexham | |
In office 31 March 1966 – 18 May 1987 | |
Preceded by | Rupert Speir |
Succeeded by | Alan Amos |
Member of Parliament for Norwich South | |
In office 26 May 1955 – 25 September 1964 | |
Preceded by | Henry Strauss |
Succeeded by | Christopher Norwood |
Personal details | |
Born | Penn, Buckinghamshire, England | 28 May 1924
Died | 28 January 1997 Broomfield, Somerset, England | (aged 72)
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, QC (28 May 1924 – 28 January 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician. He is most known for drafting the European Communities Act 1972 which took the United Kingdom into the European Communities on 1 January 1973. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.