A loyal MP in the Thatcher years, now a tireless champion of good causes, most notably in the area of asylum and immigration...Keith Best attended Brighton College before attaining both his BA and MA in Jurisprudence from Keble College at Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1971 and practiced common law as a barrister until 1987. He has also served as a lecturer in Law for Central London Polytechnic in 1973 and as a Brighton Borough Councillor from 1979 to 1987. For his service in the Territorial Army from 1967-1987 he was awarded the Territorial Decoration.
David was born in 1972 and is currently Head of Public Affairs at Royal Mail Group. Educated at Royal Holloway and Brighton College he previously worked in business development for a national consultancy in Central London and as a researcher to two Conservative MPs. He worked for Rt Hon William Hague from 1997 to 1999 in his Private Office.
In June 2009, Sir John was announced as the chair of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. Since 1999 he has been the chairman of the B&CE (building and civil engineering) Group, which provides ‘on a not-for-profit basis’ pensions, insurance, holiday pay and other benefits to the construction industry. Sir John’s other appointments include staff counsellor to the National Criminal Intelligence Service, chairman of the Police Foundation and member of the National Archives Council. He was appointed CB in 1990, KCB in 1994, GCB in 1998 and became a Privy Counsellor in 2004.
Andrew Cayley was in Bristol House under Peter Perfect from 1977 to 1982. After Brighton College he practised law in the south east of England joining the British Army in 1991 and serving as an infantry platoon commander in Belize (on attachment to the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment) and as a military prosecutor and command legal adviser in Germany and the United Kingdom.
Prof. Lord Robert Skidelsky (C. 1953-58)
Appointed to the House of Lords in 1991; Chief Opposition Spokesman on Treasury Affairs (1998-1999)
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