John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble

John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble (born 17 March 1956) is a British politician. He is a Conservative life peer and member of the House of Lords.

See also Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner

The Right Honourable The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 July 2016
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Rory Stewart
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 8 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Newby
Succeeded by	The Earl of Courtown
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Baroness Rawlings
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2010 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-17) 17 March 1956
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Olivia Musgrave
Alma mater	Uppingham School Royal Holloway, University of London

Educated at Uppingham School and Royal Holloway, University of London, he graduated with a BA in Modern History, Economic History and Politics in 1977. He served as private secretary to five successive Chairmen of the Conservative Party between 1989 and 1995, under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He has also worked as Director of Political Affairs for the Countryside Alliance, and served on the Quality of Life Commission Rural Affairs Group of the Conservative Party.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Gardiner of Kimble, of Kimble in the County of Buckinghamshire on 23 June 2010.[1]

In 2012 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting, and served in the Lords as a government whip and spokesman on the Cabinet Office, Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change.

In May 2015 Gardiner was promoted to be Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. In July 2016 he was moved by the new Prime Minister Theresa May to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

He is married to the sculptor Olivia Musgrave.[2] He lives in London and Suffolk and is a partner of the family farm at Kimble in Buckinghamshire. He was Chairman of the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt from 1992–2006 and President of the Buckinghamshire County Show 2007.