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The Lord Mayhew of Twysden
PC QC DL
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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Peter Brooke
Succeeded by Mo Mowlam
Attorney General for England and Wales
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
In office
13 June 1987 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded by Michael Havers
Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Lyell
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by Ian Percival
Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Lyell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office
4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by John Grant
Succeeded by David Waddington
Member of Parliament
for Tunbridge Wells
In office
28 February 1974 – 2 May 1997
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Archie Norman
Personal details
Born
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew

(1929-09-11)11 September 1929
Died 25 June 2016(2016-06-25) (aged 86)
Kent, England
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Middle Temple

Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden (11 September 1929 – 25 June 2016) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tunbridge Wells constituency from its creation at the February 1974 general election, standing down at the 1997 election.

He was Under-Secretary for Employment from 1979-81, then Minister of State at the Home Office from 1981 to 1983. After this he served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1983-87, and then Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 1987-92. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1992-97, the longest anyone has served in this office.

Mayhew had lived with cancer and Parkinson's disease in his later years. He died on 25 June 2016 from complications from Parkinson's disease, aged 86.

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