Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman

Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC (born 27 May 1942), is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Kettering from 1983 to 1997, and was made a life peer in 1997.

The Lord Freeman
Official portrait, 2019
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
26 June 1995  2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byDavid Hunt
Succeeded byDavid Clark
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office
20 July 1994  26 June 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byJonathan Aitken
Succeeded byJames Arbuthnot
Minister of State for Public Transport
In office
4 May 1990  20 July 1994
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byMichael Portillo
Succeeded byJohn Watts
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
In office
16 December 1988  4 May 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byEdwina Currie
Succeeded byStephen Dorrell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
In office
21 May 1986  15 December 1988
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Trefgarne
Succeeded byMichael Neubert
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
29 October 1997  1 October 2020
Member of Parliament
for Kettering
In office
9 June 1983  8 April 1997
Preceded byWilliam Homewood
Succeeded byPhil Sawford
Personal details
Born
Roger Norman Freeman

(1942-05-27) 27 May 1942
Wirral, Cheshire, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
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