Editing Ed Vaizey (section)

==Early life==
Vaizey was born in June 1968 in [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=26HIaCebaXa5jFstrfHVKA&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=22 June 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> He is the son of the late [[John Vaizey]], a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (later Conservative) [[life peer]], and the [[art historian]] [[Marina Vaizey]] (The Lady Vaizey <small>CBE</small>). His father's family is from South London. His mother's family, of Polish Jewish descent, is from New York City. He spent part of his childhood in [[Berkshire]]. He was educated at [[St Paul's School, London]] before reading history at [[Merton College, Oxford]]. Elected Librarian of the [[Oxford Union]], he graduated with an upper second class degree. After leaving university, Vaizey worked for the Conservative MPs [[Kenneth Clarke]] and [[Michael Howard]] as an adviser on employment and education issues. He practised as a [[barrister]] for several years, in family law and child care.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Londoner's Diary: Will Fifa farce put a strain on royal relations? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-will-fifa-farce-put-a-strain-on-royal-relations-10294680.html |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=3 June 2016 |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Debretts">[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/79136/Edward-Henry-Butler-%28Ed%29-VAIZEY ''Debrett's People of Today'']</ref>