About Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Lived 1945 – 2018 (aged 73). Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale was a British politician.
Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale (2 April 1945 – 31 October 2018), was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
He was educated at Eton College and Lord Wandsworth College.
From 1972, Lord Skelmersdale and his wife Christine owned and operated Broadleigh Gardens, a horticultural centre at Barr House, Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset.
Lord Skelmersdale succeeded to the peerage in 1973 on the death of his father Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Baron Skelmersdale.
He served as a Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1991 to 2003 (and Deputy Speaker from 1995), and again from 2010 to 2014.
Lord Skelmersdale was a bridge player and a member of the all-party parliamentary bridge group.
Lord Skelmersdale died on 31 October 2018 at the age of 73.
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Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale was born on 2 April 1945.
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Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale died on 31 October 2018.
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