Editing Michael Lord

{{Short description|British politician (born 1938)}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Lord Framlingham
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| image = Official portrait of Lord Framlingham crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2019
| office = [[Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons]]<br>[[Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means]]
|1blankname  = Speaker
|1namedata   = [[Betty Boothroyd]]<br />[[Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn|Michael Martin]]<br />[[John Bercow]]
| term_start = 14 May 1997
| term_end =  8 June 2010
| predecessor = [[Janet Fookes|Dame Janet Fookes]]
| successor = [[Dawn Primarolo]]
|office1          = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lord Temporal]]
|term_start1      = 18 January 2011<br />[[Life Peerage]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br /> [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]<br /><small>[[Suffolk Central]] (1983–1997)</small>
| term_start2 = 9 June 1983
| term_end2 = 12 April 2010
| predecessor2 = ''new constituency''
| successor2 = [[Dan Poulter]]
|birth_name=Michael Nicholson Lord
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|10|17}}
| birth_place = [[Manchester]], England
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| nationality = British
| spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Margaret Childs|1965}}
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| relations = 
| children = 2 (including [[Tim Lord|Tim]])
| alma_mater = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]]
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'''Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham''' (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician, and was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]] between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of [[Central Suffolk]] in 1983.

He was the Second Deputy [[Chairman of Ways and Means]], one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, from 1997 to 2010.

==Early life==
He attended [[Christ's College, Cambridge]], where he gained an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in agriculture in 1962 and a blue for rugby union as a centre. He also played club rugby for [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]].<ref>Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43</ref> He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.trees.org.uk |title = Arboricultural Association - Home}}</ref>

==Parliamentary career==
He contested [[Manchester Gorton]] in 1979 and was first elected as an MP for Central Suffolk in [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]].

He was a Deputy [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] from 1997, and therefore did not take political stances or vote in the Chamber.  Before his position, he was a [[eurosceptic]] who was one of the [[Maastricht Rebels]]. He was [[Knight bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2001 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56683 |date=6 September 2002 |page=10737}}</ref><ref>United Kingdom {{London Gazette| issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001|pages=1 |supp=1}}</ref>

He stood down as an MP at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]]. On 19 November 2010, it was announced that he would be created a [[life peer]] and sit as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/11/peerages-honours-and-appointments-2-57256|title=Latest peerages announced - Press releases|website=www.number10.gov.uk|access-date=2016-09-20}}</ref> Created on 14 January 2011 and introduced into the House of Lords on 18 January 2011, he took the title '''Baron Framlingham''', of Eye in the [[County of Suffolk]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59675 |date=19 January 2011 |page=777}}</ref> Though life peers usually use their surname in their title, Framlingham was advised he could not become "Lord Lord";<ref>[https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22275805.suffolk-ex-mp-lord-lord-decision-make/ Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make] (Accessed 22 May 2015)</ref> though this nickname has since been used occasionally in jest.

==Personal life==
He married Jennifer Margaret Childs in 1965 and they have a son, [[Tim Lord]], and a daughter.
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3198,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Sir Michael Lord MP]
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/michael_lord/central_suffolk_and_north_ipswich TheyWorkForYou.com – Michael Lord MP]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509072546/http://www.centralsuffolk.co.uk/pg_mp.htm Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Conservatives]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/553.stm BBC Politics]

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