John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso

John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso

Infobox MP
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name = John Thurso
honorific-suffix = MP
3rd Viscount Thurso



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constituency_MP =Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
term_start = 7 June 2001
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majority = 8,168 (29.5%)
predecessor = Robert Maclennan
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1953|09|10|df=yes
birth_place = Thurso, Scotland
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nationality = British
spouse = Marion
party = Liberal Democrats
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children = 1 daughter, 2 sons
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John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 10 September 1953), known as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.

Education, Pre-Parliamentary Career and Responsibilities

John Sinclair was educated in Thurso and at Eton.

He joined the Savoy Group as a management trainee in 1972 and following this worked for many years in the hospitality industry. His achievements included managing the Lancaster in Paris (81-85) and founding the hotel at Cliveden (85-92) before becoming CEO of Granfel Holdings, owners of East Sussex National Golf Course from 1992 to 1995. Finally from 1995 until his election in 2001 he was CEO of the Champneys group. During his time in this jobe he featured in the TV documentary “Trouble at the top- shape up with Lord Thurso”.

John Thurso holds the Presidency of the Tourism Society and the Academy of Food and Wine Service. He is a Fellow of the HCIMA and was their Patron for 6 years, until June 2003. He is President of the British International Spa Association. [http://www.spaassociation.org.uk]

Politics

Following his father’s death in 1995 he took his seat in the House of Lords as 3rd Viscount Thurso where he was spokesman on Tourism and later Food. Thurso spoke many times in the House of Lords in favour of Lords reform. His automatic right as a hereditary peer to sit in the House of Lords was abolished in 1999, and he chose not to try and stay.

At the United Kingdom general election, 2001 he was elected to the House of Commons to represent Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross becoming the first hereditary peer of the United Kingdom allowed to sit in the Commons without first renouncing his title. He served as Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary under Charles Kennedy but was sacked by Sir Menzies Campbell. He has publicly gone against party policy by declaring his support for nuclear power, and his criticism of 24-hour drinking.

Family

John Thurso comes from a family of Liberal politicians. The former constituency of Caithness and Sutherland had been held by his grandfather, Archibald Sinclair from 1922 until 1945. Archibald Sinclair was the 1st Viscount Thurso and a Liberal Party leader.

Thurso has been married to Marion for 26 years and they have a daughter and 2 sons. The family live in Thurso.

ee also

*Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team

External links

* [http://www.johnthurso.org/ John Thurso MP] official site
* [http://www.libdems.org.uk/people/john-thurso John Thurso MP] profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
* [http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/biographies/thursoj.htm John Thurso MP The Viscount Thurso] profile at the site of Scottish Liberal Democrats
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6594,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Thurso MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/john_thurso/caithness%2C_sutherland_and_easter_ross TheyWorkForYou.com - John Thurso MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=John_Thurso&mpc=Caithness%2C+Sutherland+%26amp%3B+Easter+Ross The Public Whip - John Thurso MP] voting record
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/681.stm BBC News - John Thurso] profile 10 February, 2005

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