Wilf Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara
Robert Wilfrid "Wilf" Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara (born 19 April 1947) is a Labour life peer and former adviser to Gordon Brown.
The Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 13 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 April 1947 73) | (age
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Edinburgh Academy University College, Oxford |
Early life
Stevenson is the son of James Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth Anne Stevenson (née Macrae).
Education
Stevenson was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at the time a boarding independent school for boys (now a co-educational day school), in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, followed by University College at the University of Oxford, where he obtained an MA in Natural Sciences (Chemistry), and at Napier Polytechnic (ACCA).
Life and career
Research Officer, Edinburgh University Students' Association, 1970–74; Secretary, Napier College, Edinburgh, 1974–87; Deputy Director, 1987–88, Director, 1988–97, BFI; Director, Smith Institute, 1997–2008. Governor, Prestwood Lodge School, 2008–. Hon. DArts Napier, 2008. Senior Policy Adviser, Prime Minister's Office, 2008–10.
Stevenson was created a Life Peer on 13 July 2010 taking the title Baron Stevenson of Balmacara, of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire.[1]
He has served as an Opposition Whip since 2011.[2]
Family
Married firstly, in 1972, Jennifer Grace Antonio (marriage dissolved 1979), and secondly, in 1991, Elizabeth Ann Minogue, with issue: one son, Tobin, and two daughters, Iona and Flora.
Bibliography
(ed) Gordon Brown Speeches, 2006; (ed) Moving Britain Forward, 2006; (ed) The Change We Choose: speeches 2007–2009, 2010
References
- "No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13713.
- "Parliamentary career for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- The Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Debrett's
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by The Lord Macdonald of River Glaven |
Gentlemen Baron Stevenson of Balmacara |
Followed by The Lord Howard of Lympne |