Richard Newby, Baron Newby

The Right Honourable The Lord Newby OBE
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2012
Preceded by	The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-14) 14 February 1953
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats

Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby, OBE (born 14 February 1953), is a British politician, currently serving as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords, the Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, and the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

Early life and education

The son of Frank and Kathleen Newby was educated at the Rothwell Grammar School and St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 1974 and was later awarded a Master of Arts degree.

Political career

Newby was Secretary of the Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Committee in 1981 and National Secretary of the SDP from 1983 to 1988. From 1999 to 2006, Newby was Chief of Staff to Charles Kennedy.

He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1990 and was created a life peer with the title Baron Newby, of Rothwell in the County of West Yorkshire on 25 September 1997.

At the beginning of May 2012, Lord Newby was appointed the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords, and at the same time was appointed the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Personal life

Lord Newby has been married since 1978 to the Rev. Ailsa Ballantyne Newby (née Thomson, now the Team Rector of Putney); they have two sons.

References

• "DodOnline". Retrieved 15 October 2006. 

External links

• Lord Newby profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
• The They Work For You website [1]

Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Shutt of Greetland	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 2012–present	Incumbent