Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby
The Right Honourable The Lord Stewartby PC | |
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Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
In office 25 July 1988 – 25 July 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | John Stanley |
Succeeded by | John Cope |
Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
In office 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | John Stanley |
Succeeded by | Archie Hamilton |
Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 19 October 1983 – 11 June 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | John Moore |
Succeeded by | Peter Lilley |
Member of Parliament for North Hertfordshire Hitchin (1974–1983) | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992 | |
Preceded by | Shirley Williams |
Succeeded by | Oliver Heald |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 August 1935 |
Political party | Conservative |
Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart, Baron Stewartby, PC, FSA, FRSE, FBA (born 10 August 1935) is a British Conservative Party politician and numismatist. He was the Member of Parliament for Hitchin from February 1974 to 1983, and for North Hertfordshire from 1983 to 1992. He sat in the House of Lords from 1992 to 2015.
Parliamentary career
Stewart contested Hammersmith North at the 1970 general election, being beaten by Labour's Frank Tomney. He was Member of Parliament for Hitchin from February 1974 to 1983, and for North Hertfordshire from 1983 until he stood down in 1992. He served as junior minister for Defence Procurement, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and Minister for the Armed Forces.
House of Lords
After he left the House of Commons, he was created a life peer as Baron Stewartby, of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross on 20 July 1992.[1] He sat in the House of Lords until his retirement on 12 November 2015.[2]
Interest in numismatics
Stewartby's interest in Scottish coins had started when he was a schoolboy. Noting the lack of a complete book on the subject more recent than Edward Burns' 1887 work "Coinage of Scotland", he was encouraged to write his own. The result, "The Scottish Coinage", was published by Spink and Son in 1955. The preface, dated December 1953, gives the location as Haileybury College, Hertford, which he attended from 1949 to 1954, as a member of Allenby House.
In July 2007, Stewartby's collection of antique Scottish coins dating back to the 12th century and worth an estimated £500,000 were stolen from his home near Peebles.[3] The coins have yet to be recovered, and in November 2008, a £50,000 reward was offered for their return.[4]
Honours
In 1971, Stewartby was awarded the Sanford Saltus Gold Medal by the British Numismatic Society in recognition of his contributions to British numismatics.[5] He was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1996.[6]
On 30 March 1970, Stewartby was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[7] In 1981, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in the Archaeology section.[8] In 1986, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[9]
In the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor "for political service".[10] On 26 November, he received the accolade from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.[11] As a lord, he uses the post-nominal letters "Kt" rather than the title sir.
Arms
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Sources
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1987
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52998. p. 12418. 23 July 1992.
- ↑ Lord Stewartby. UK Parliament
- ↑ Rare coins worth £500,000 stolen, BBC News, 9 July 2007
- ↑ £50,000 reward in coin theft hunt, BBC News, 3 November 2008
- ↑ "Sanford Saltus Gold Medal". British Numismatic Society. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ http://numismatics.org.uk/medals-honorary-fellowship-prizes/the-societys-medal/
- ↑ "The Rt Hon Lord Bernard H Stewartby FSA". Fellows Directory. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "STEWARTBY, Lord (Ian), FRSE". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "RSE Fellows" (pdf). Royal Society of Edinburgh. 23 July 2015. p. 49. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52563. p. 2. 15 June 1991.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52858. p. 4257. 10 March 1992.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Shirley Williams |
Member of Parliament for Hitchin Feb 1974–1983 |
Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for North Hertfordshire 1983–1992 |
Succeeded by Oliver Heald |