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The Lord Haskel
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
4 October 1993
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born(1934-10-09)9 October 1934
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Salford

Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel (born 9 October 1934) is a British politician from the Labour Party.[1]

Life and career

Simon Haskel was educated at Sedbergh School and Salford College of Advanced Technology (now the University of Salford), where he graduated with a BSc in Textile Technology.[2] He then built up his own national and international textile firm, the Perrotts Group Plc.[3] Haskel was created a life peer in the House of Lords on 4 October 1993, taking the title Baron Haskel, of Higher Broughton in the County of Greater Manchester.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mr Simon Haskel (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  2. ^ HASKEL. "HASKEL, Baron (Simon Haskel)". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
  3. ^ 'Labour Business Patrons', Labour Business. Retrieved 19 April 2018
  4. ^ "No. 53451". The London Gazette. 8 October 1993. p. 16251.
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
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Baron Haskel
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