Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH, PC (born 13 June 1933) is a British politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

The Right Honourable The Lord King of Bridgwater CH PC
Secretary of State for Defence
In office 24 July 1989 – 11 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	George Younger
Succeeded by	Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 3 September 1985 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Douglas Hurd
Succeeded by	Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Employment
In office 16 October 1983 – 2 September 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Norman Tebbit
Succeeded by	The Lord Young of Graffham
Secretary of State for Transport
In office 11 June 1983 – 16 October 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	David Howell
Succeeded by	Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 6 January 1983 – 11 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by	Patrick Jenkin
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
In office 19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979
Leader	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	John Biffen
Succeeded by	David Owen
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2001 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
In office 12 March 1970 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Gerald Wills
Succeeded by	Ian Liddell-Grainger
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-13) 13 June 1933 Rugby, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge

King was in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970–2001. He was made a life peer in 2001.

In October 1988, there was a plot to murder King at his home in Winchester during the growing intensity of The Troubles.[1]