Nicholas Bonsor

Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet DL (born 9 December 1942) is a British Conservative politician.

Bonsor was Member of Parliament for Nantwich from 1979 to 1983, then for Upminster from 1983 until he lost the seat to Labour's Keith Darvill in 1997. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1997 and practised as a barrister in London.

He lives at Liscombe Park near Soulbury in Buckinghamshire and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

He has pledged support, by appearing together in a public meeting, to Nigel Farage MEP in his 2010 UK general election campaign for the Buckingham constituency, standing against the speaker of the House (standing for re-election), John Bercow.

Family

Sir Nicholas is the elder son of the late Sir Bryan Bonsor (1916–1997) and his wife Elizabeth Hambro (1920–1995). In 1969, he married Hon. Nadine Marisa Lampson, now the Hon. Lady Bonsor, a daughter of Graham Curtis Lampson, 2nd Baron Killearn. They have had five children, including elder son and heir Alexander Cosmo Walrond Bonsor (b. 1976) and twin daughters.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997
• Sir Nicholas Bonsor's website. Last accessed 15 December 2007.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Cockroft	Member of Parliament for Nantwich 1979–1983	Constituency abolished
Preceded by John Loveridge	Member of Parliament for Upminster 1983–1997	Succeeded by Keith Darvill
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bryan Cosmo Bonsor	Baronet (of Kingswood) 1977–present	Incumbent