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= Cabinet post
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Lord Chancellor
The Lord Irvine of Lairg
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Born:
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23-Jun-40
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Family:
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Married (Alison Mary). Two sons
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Education:
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Inverness Academy; Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School, Glasgow; Glasgow University; Christ's College, Cambridge
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Non-political career:
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University Lecturer, LSE; Barrister/Queen's Counsel; Head of Chambers; Bencher of the Inner Temple; Recorder 1985-88
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Political career:
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Contested (Lab) Hendon North 1970 Life Baron 1987 Shadow Lord Chancellor 1995-97 Lord Chancellor 1997-
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Source: BBC Political Research Unit
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