Nick St Aubyn

British politician

• [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)] for [Guildford (/Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency))] In office 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
• Preceded by David Howell Succeeded by Sue Doughty
Personal details Born (1955-11-19) 19 November 1955 (age 70) Nationality British Party Conservative Alma mater Trinity College, Oxford

Nick St Aubyn

Nicholas Francis St Aubyn (born 19 November 1955) is a [Conservative Party (/Conservative_Party_(UK))] politician in the [United Kingdom (/United_Kingdom)].

Early life

St Aubyn is the younger son of the Hon. Piers St Aubyn MC by his marriage to Mary Bailey‑Southwell, and a grandson of Baron St Levan . He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford , where he belonged to the Oxford University Liberal Club and, in the wake of the 1975 referendum on UK EEC‑membership, served as President of the Young European Federalists . He earned a [Bachelor of Arts (/Bachelor_of_Arts)] in [PPE (/Philosophy,_Politics,and_Economics)] in 1977; the degree was later upgraded to a [Master of Arts (/Master_of_Arts(Oxford,_Cambridge,_and_Dublin))] (MA Oxon). Prior to Oxford he spent time in Soweto, South Africa, working for the Project Trust.

His professional trajectory reads like a résumé of mid‑late‑20th‑century finance: a loan officer at Morgan Guaranty Trust (1977‑81), head of the London office of Morgan Futures (1981‑84), head of the Sterling and Arbitrage Swaps Desk (1984‑86), Vice President of Kleinwort Benson Cross Finance (1986‑87), and a stint in the Financial Products Division of American International Group (1987‑89). From 1989‑93 he chaired Gemini Ltd., and from 1993‑97 he chaired Fitzroy Joinery Ltd in Plymouth .

Political career

Between 1982‑86 St Aubyn served as a Conservative councillor on Westminster City Council , representing the Little Venice ward . He contested the Truro by‑election in March 1987 after the death of David Penhaligon , subsequently fighting the Truro seat at the 1987 general election and again at the 1992 election, each time narrowing the Liberal majority.

Following the retirement of veteran Conservative MP David Howell , St Aubyn was selected as the party’s candidate for Guildford ahead of the 1997 general election. He held the seat through the Labour landslide, though with a reduced majority over the Liberal Democrats , and narrowly lost it in 2001 to Sue Doughty . During his parliamentary tenure he sat on the Education Select Committee and acted as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Portillo . He opted not to stand in the 2005 election, which saw Anne Milton reclaim the constituency for the Conservatives.

Personal life

St Aubyn married Jane Brooks in 1980; the couple has two sons (Henry and Edward) and three daughters (Kitty, Alice and Camilla). His elder brother inherited the family title Lord St Levan from their uncle, the 4th Baron St Levan (John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan ).

Books

He has authored Custom of the County (2010), a work that reflects his aristocratic roots and political interests.

References

• ^ a b c “In the news: Nick St Aubyn”. Times Higher Education . Retrieved 27 October 2010.
• ^ a b c d e f g h i j “VOTE 2001 – CANDIDATES”. BBC Online . Retrieved 27 October 2010.
• ^ “Fitzroy Joinery Ltd”. Archived from the original on 18 June 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
• ^ “House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Mar 2000 (pt 14)”. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
• ^ “VOTE 2001 – RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES – Guildford”. BBC Online . Retrieved 27 October 2010.
• ^ “How the Tory class of ‘97 fared – Telegraph Blogs”. The Daily Telegraph . London. 6 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
• ^ “The 4th Lord St Levan”. The Daily Telegraph . London. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nick St Aubyn

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by
David Howell

Member of Parliament for Guildford
1997 –2001

Succeeded by
Sue Doughty

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