Editing Michael Dobbs (section)

{{Short description|British conservative politician and best-selling author (born 1948)}}
{{For|the British-American journalist and non-fiction author|Michael Dobbs (journalist)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name             = The Lord Dobbs
|image            = Official portrait of Lord Dobbs crop 2, 2022.jpg
|caption          = Official portrait, 2022
| office = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start = 20 December 2010<br />[[Life peer|Life Peerage]]
| term_end = 
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1948|11|14|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Cheshunt]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
|death_date       = 
|death_place      = 
|children=4
|party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|education        = [[Christ Church, Oxford]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]])}}<br />[[Tufts University]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy|MALD]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}
}}

'''Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs''' (born 14 November 1948) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician, media commentator and author, best known for his ''[[House of Cards (novel)|House of Cards]]'' trilogy. He has been a television and radio presenter and a senior corporate executive of [[Saatchi & Saatchi]]. 

''[[The Guardian]]'' called him "Westminster's baby faced hitman."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/paul-casserly-who-does-the-best-fu/OQKLJQJ2KQRT7MYMS4GQNBIVGU/ |title=Paul Casserly: Who does the best F.U? | date=16 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/house-cards-creator-michael-dobbs-i-must-have-sold-my-soul | title=House of Cards creator Michael Dobbs: 'I must have sold my soul' | date=7 July 2015 }}</ref> ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' called him "Perhaps the cleverest man in the country". ''[[The Sunday Express]]'' said he was "a man who, in Latin America, would have been shot". He is the recipient of many public awards and nominations, including being a five-time [[Emmy Awards]] nominee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229645/awards/ |title=Michael Dobbs - Awards |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>