Wilf Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara
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The Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 13 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 19 April 1947 (age 74) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh Academy University College, Oxford |
Robert Wilfrid "Wilf" Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara (born 19 April 1947) is a Labour life peer and former adviser to Gordon Brown.
Early life[]
Stevenson is the son of James Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth Anne Stevenson (née Macrae).
Education[]
Stevenson was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at the time a boarding independent school for boys (now a co-educational day school), in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, followed by University College at the University of Oxford, where he obtained an MA in Natural Sciences (Chemistry), and at Napier Polytechnic (ACCA).
Life and career[]
From 1970-74, he served as a Research Officer at the Edinburgh University Students' Association.
From 1974-87, he worked as a Secretary at Napier College, Edinburgh, he was Deputy Director from 1987–88.
He worked as Director of BFI from 1988–97, and was the Director at the Smith Institute from 1997–2008.
Since 2008, he has been the Governor of Prestwood Lodge School.
He gained a Hon. DArts Napier, 2008.
From 2008-10, he was a Senior Policy Adviser at the Prime Minister's Office.
Stevenson was created a Life Peer on 13 July 2010 taking the title Baron Stevenson of Balmacara, of Little Missenden in the County of Buckinghamshire.[1]
He has served as an Opposition Whip since 2011.[2]
Family[]
In 1972, he married Jennifer Grace Antonio, whom he later divorced in 1979. In 1991, he married Elizabeth Ann Minogue, they have had one son, Tobin, and two daughters, Iona and Flora.
Bibliography[]
(ed) Gordon Brown Speeches, 2006; (ed) Moving Britain Forward, 2006; (ed) The Change We Choose: speeches 2007–2009, 2010
References[]
- ^ "No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13713.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- The Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Debrett's
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Labour Party (UK) life peers
- Life peers created by Elizabeth II
- Alumni of University College, Oxford
- People educated at Edinburgh Academy