Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry

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Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC (b. 28 May 1932), is a British politician. He rarely uses his first name and was more frequently known as Timothy Renton before he was elevated to the peerage.

He won scholarships to Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford and graduated with a first class degree in History.

He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex from 1974 to 1997, after which he was created a life peer as Baron Renton of Mount Harry, of Offham in the County of East Sussex and took his seat in the House of Lords. Mount Harry was the site of the Battle of Lewes in 1264.

He lives in Offham near Lewes in East Sussex and has a holiday home on the Hebridean island of Tiree.

In 1960 he married Alice Blanche Helen Fergusson. Their five children are Alexander James Torre, Christian Louise, Daniel Charles Antony, (Katherine) Chelsea and Penelope Sally Rosita. Alexander is a journalist for The Guardian.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
new constituency		 Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex
February 1974–1997		 Succeeded by:
Nicholas Soames
Political offices
Preceded by:
David Waddington		 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
1989–1990		 Succeeded by:
Richard Ryder
Chief Whip
1989–1990
Preceded by:
David Mellor		 Minister of State for the Arts
1990–1992		 Succeeded by:
David Mellor


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