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Educated at King's College, Taunton , and Brasenose College, Oxford where he was president of the University Conservative Association , he was called to the Bar in 1948 . He was Mayor of Surbiton 1951-52 and a member of the London County Council from 1952. After unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Shoreditch And Finsbury in both 1950 and 1951, he became MP for Norwich South in 1955 . In 1964 he was defeated, but moved to the constituency of Hexham in Northumberland at the 1966 General Election and remained MP there until retiring in 1987 . In 1970 he became Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Lancaster under Edward Heath , and being in favour of the Common Market was given the responsibility of negotiating Britain's entry into it. In 1972 he moved to become Secretary Of State For The Environment . Rippon was at one time a prominent member of the Conservative Monday Club , for whom he authored a booklet entitled ''Right Angle'', and was guest-of-honour at their Annual Dinner in 1970 . The Club was, however, divided on the EEC ( European Community ) issue, and at their conference in October 1971 members moved and carried a resolution opposing Britain's entry. From 1979 to 1982 , Rippon was President of the European Documentation And Information Centre (CEDI) . He was created a life peer in 1987 , as Baron Rippon of Hexham, of Hesleyside in the County of Northumberland . REFERENCES
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