Kenneth Clarke

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Gonville_and_Caius_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:appointedLifePeer 2020
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
Privy Counsellor
Queen's Counsel
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-07-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:West_Bridgford,_Nottinghamshire,_England
gptkbp:calledToBar gptkb:Gray's_Inn
gptkbp:chancellorTermStart 1993
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:education gptkb:Nottingham_High_School
gptkbp:fatherOfTheHouse 2017-2019
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kenneth_Harry_Clarke
gptkbp:homeSecretaryTermStart 1992
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
CH QC KC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenneth Clarke
gptkbp:justiceSecretaryTermEnd 2012
gptkbp:justiceSecretaryTermStart 2010
gptkbp:knownFor pro-European Union stance
long parliamentary career
outspoken moderate views
gptkbp:leadershipContestant gptkb:Conservative_Party_leadership_elections_(1997,_2001,_2005)
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Rushcliffe
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor multiple Conservative leadership bids
pro-European views
longest-serving MP (Father of the House, 2017–2019)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Clarke_of_Nottingham
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer
gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Health
gptkb:Lord_Chancellor_and_Secretary_of_State_for_Justice
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Science
gptkbp:predecessorAsChancellor gptkb:Norman_Lamont
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Gillian_Edwards
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkbp:termEnd 1993
1997
2019
gptkbp:termStart 1970
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkb:Sir_Gordon_Brown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5