Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, PC, FRSL, was both a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was a Conservative politician who served as Minister for the Arts from 1983 to 1985.
He was born on 26 November 1939 in Dublin, Ireland and died, aged 81 years, on 24 September 2021.
His Wikipedia page and obituary give the details of his life.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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Lord Gowrie
{Top plaque:} Jete (1975) by Enzo Plazzotta, unveiled by The Rt. Hon. The Ear...
Political activist and writer. 2012 co-authored 'A People's History of London'.
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1936. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Born in London or Kent. Principle Secretary and 'Spymaster' to Queen Elizabeth I 1573 - 1590. He secured the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Died at home in Seething Lane.
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
A British fleet, lead by John Jervis, defeated a Spanish fleet almost twice its size, near Cape St Vincent, Portugal. Nelson distinguished himself in this battle where he commanded HMS Captain and ...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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