Lord Geddes

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Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes (born 3 September 1937) is a British peer and politician and current deputy speaker of the House of Lords.

Political Career[edit]

Lord Geddes joined the House of Lords on the 20th March 1975. He was one of the ninety Hereditary Peers selected to remain in the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999. He has served on a number of committees within the House of Lords including: EU - Sub Committee B - Internal Market, Energy and Transport between 1985-84, the Personal Bills Committee between 2003 and 2010 and the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee between 2007-08, among others.


Education[edit]

Lord Geddes was educated in Rugby School, Warwickshire and in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1961 and with a Master of Arts. Geddes was further educated in the Harvard Business School in 1969.

Notable Work[edit]

Geddes served in the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1958, and became a Lieutenant-Commander of the Royal Naval Reserve. He was development manager for P&O Bulk Shipping. He was deputy manager of P&O Asia (Hong Kong) between 1975 and 1977 and since 1992, he has been chair of the Trinity College, London and since 2000 of Chrome Castle Ltd. He is director of the Trinity College of Music.

External Links[edit]

British Parliament official website