Roger Richard Edward Chorley

Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley (born 14 August 1930) is a British chartered accountant and peer.

Political Career

Lord Chorley joined the House of Lords on the 15th October 2001. He is one of ninety elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act in 1999. Within Parliament he has held a number of roles which include: the Sub Committee 1 1986-95, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 1988-94, Science and Technology Committee 1993-94, Works of Art Commit-tee 1998-99 and the Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 2005-06.

Education

Lord Chorley was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and Gonville and Caius College, Cam-bridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in natural sciences and economics in 1953.

Notable Work

Before entering into politics Lord Chorley worked for Coopers and Lybrand from 1954 to 1990, and as part-ner from 1967 to 1989. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Press between 1974 and 1977, and of the Ordnance Survey Review Committee in 1978 and 1979. From 1980 to 1991, he was also a board member of the Royal National Theatre, and from 1981 to 1999 of the British Council. Between 1991 and 1999, he was also the latter's deputy chairman.

Between 1985 and 1987 Chorley chaired the Committee on Handling of Geographic Information. As a patron of the British Mountaineering Council, Chorley was a member of the Top Salaries Review body from 1981 to1991, of the Ordnance Survey Advisory Board from 1982 to 1985, and of the Natural Environment Re-search Council from 1988 to 1994. Between 1987 and 1990, he was President of the Royal Geographical Society.