John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey

John Ernest Vaizey, Baron Vaizey (1 October 1929 – 19 July 1984) Ernest Vernon Vaizey and Lucy Butler Hart. He matriculated into Queens' College in 1948 to study the economics Tripos. He achieved a second class (division I) in part one 1949 and a first class in part two in 1951. From 1965 to 1966, he was a visiting professor to the University of California. From 1974 to 1975, he was a Centenary Professor at the University of Adelaide.

Vaizey retired from Brunel in 1982. he had been a trustee from 1972 to 1982. From 1962 to 1966, he was a member of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers which reported to the Minister of Education. He sat on the Public Schools Commission from 1966 to 1968: From 1970 to 1972, he was a member of the Inner London Education Authority. He made his maiden speech on 20 July 1976 during the debate on the Race Relations Bill. He originally took the Labour whip, having been a socialist since his early youth.

Personal life In 1961, he married the author Marina Stansky, daughter of Lyman Stansky, a lawyer from New York City. One of their children is the Conservative Party politician Edward Vaizey, who himself was made a life peer.

Vaizey was very religious, being a devout high Anglican although he also described himself as a Puritan.