Michael O'Brien (1942-2013)
Conservative MP for Peterborough from 1979 to 1995. Chancellor of the Exchequer (1991-1993), Home Secretary (1993-1995) before being appointed European Commissioner for External Relations serving from 1995 for just a year, before he was asked to become the final Governor of Hong Kong in 1996 following the sudden death of the Governor and became the final Governor until June 1997. After the handover he never returned to front line politics in the UK, turning down a knighthood and a place in the House of Lords. He became Chancellor of Oxford University in 2005 until his death in 2013.
O'Brien speaking at the 1991 Conservative Party Conference.
(photo by David Lyon)
Background
(Based on a mixture of Norman Lamont, Leon Britain, Brian Mawhinney, Neil Kinnock, and Chris Pattern)
Conservative MP for Peterborough from 1979 to 1995. Chancellor of the Exchequer (1991-1993), Home Secretary (1993-1995) before being appointed European Commissioner for External Relations serving from 1995 for just a year, before he was asked to become the final Governor of Hong Kong in 1996 following the sudden death of the Governor and became the final Governor until June 1997. After the handover he never returned to front line politics in the UK, turning down a knighthood and a place in the House of Lords. He became Chancellor of Oxford University in 2005 until his death in 2013.
O'Brien speaking at the 1991 Conservative Party Conference.
(photo by David Lyon)
Background
(Based on a mixture of Norman Lamont, Leon Britain, Brian Mawhinney, Neil Kinnock, and Chris Pattern)
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