James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy
The Lord O'Shaughnessy | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 21 December 2016 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baron Prior of Brampton |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford |
| Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 21 December 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1976 |
| Political party | Conservative |
James Richard O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy (born 26 March 1976) is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords. He is now a senior partner at Newmarket Strategy, a medical consultancy which he founded in 2021.
Life
Of Irish extraction,[citation needed] O'Shaughnessy was born on 26 March 1976 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.[1] He was educated in Berkshire at Claires Court School[citation needed] then Wellington College. He went up to St Hugh's College, Oxford to read philosophy, politics and economics, graduating in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree.[1]
A former Downing Street aide, he was Director of Policy to Prime Minister David Cameron from May 2010 to October 2011.[2]
Created a life peer on 1 October 2015, he took the title Baron O'Shaughnessy, of Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire,[3] before being appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care and as a Lord-in-Waiting (i.e. Government Whip in the House of Lords) on 21 December 2016.[4] He resigned on 31 December 2018 due to "family circumstances."[5]
In March 2021, Lord O'Shaughnessy founded Newmarket Strategy, a medical consultancy.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "O'Shaughnessy, Baron, (James Richard O'Shaughnessy) (born 26 March 1976)". W's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Cameron aide broke rules by joining lobbying firm". The Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "notice 2410213". The London Gazette.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016". 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Alex Morales (3 April 2019). "Theresa May's Ministerial Resignations Pile Up at Rate of 1.5 a Month". Bloomberg.
- ^ "New consultancy specialising in healthcare innovation launches". Pharmafield. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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