John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead

The Lord Belstead
Paymaster General
In office
28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byRichard Ryder
Succeeded byJohn Cope
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
In office
28 November 1990 – 14 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byJohn Cope
Succeeded byRobert Atkins
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
10 January 1988 – 28 November 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Viscount Whitelaw
(Leader of Lords)
John Wakeham
(Lord Privy Seal)
Succeeded byThe Lord Waddington
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office
June 1983 – January 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Earl Ferrers
Succeeded byThe Earl Ferrers
Minister of State for Environment
In office
13 June 1987 – 10 January 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byWilliam Waldegrave
Succeeded byThe Earl of Caithness
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byAlick Buchanan-Smith
Succeeded byJohn Gummer
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
5 April 1982 – 13 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRichard Luce
Succeeded byRichard Luce
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office
7 May 1979 – 5 April 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byShirley Summerskill
Succeeded byThe Lord Elton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Windlesham (Minister of State)
Succeeded byThe Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
24 June 1970 – 5 June 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byJoan Lestor
Succeeded byTimothy Raison
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
18 December 1958 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Belstead
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as a life peer
17 November 1999 – 3 December 2005
Personal details
Born(1932-09-30)30 September 1932
Died3 December 2005(2005-12-03) (aged 73)
Political partyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Baron Ganzoni, PC (30 September 1932 – 3 December 2005) was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.


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