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Born in 1950, he was educated at the Leighton Park School and the University Of Sussex . Baldry reached the rank of Colonel in the Territorial Army during his nearly 20 years in the regiment from 1971 . In 1974 he became a personal assistant to Margaret Thatcher , and was Called To The Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1975 , after which he became a director at the New Opportunity Press. He won the Robert Schumann Silver Medal in 1978 , and the following year he contested the Parliamentary seat of Thurrock and was defeated by Labour's Oonagh McDonald. Before his being elected in 1983 , Baldry was the Vice President of The National Children's Home . Following the retirement of veteran Conservative MP Neil Marten at Banbury, Baldry contested the seat at the 1983 General Election and was duly elected to Parliament. From 1985 - 1990 , Baldry was a Parliamentary Private Secretary , successively to Lynda Chalker and John Wakeham . On the election of John Major as Prime Minister in 1990 , Baldry finally entered government initially as the Parliamentary Under Secretary Of State at the Department of Energy and moved sideways later in the year to the Department For The Environment . In 1994 he moved sideways again to the Foreign And Commonwealth Office . In 1995 he was promoted to the rank of Minister Of State at the Ministry Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Food , a position he held until the fall of the Major government in 1997 . Whilst in office, his civil servants had nicknamed him 'Baldrick'. He was dropped from the frontbench by William Hague , since when he has remained on the backbenches, and is seen as being a supporter of David Cameron who's constituency Witney , is next to his in Oxfordshire . He is also a practising barrister and joint Head of Chambers at One Essex Court in the Temple, London. EXTERNAL LINKS
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