House of Lords He sat in the
House of Lords as a
Conservative and from 1984 to 1986 was a House of Lords
whip in
Margaret Thatcher's government. He then became a
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Department of Transport, holding that post until 1989. Lord Brabazon was then made a
Minister of State at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In early 1990, he returned to the Department of Transport as Minister of State, holding that post until leaving office at the
1992 general election.
House of Lords Act 1999 With the passage of the
House of Lords Act 1999, Brabazon along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was, however, elected as one of the 90 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform. In 2001, he was elected Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as a result resigned the Conservative whip and became a
non-affiliated member of the House of Lords. This means that he is not associated with any party or with the Crossbenchers. He was the
Chairman of Committees from 2002 to 2012, at which point he retook the Conservative whip. Lord Brabazon is a
Deputy Lieutenant of the
Isle of Wight. ==Marriage and children==