Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
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| In office 1987 – 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Pflimlin |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Barón Crespo |
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| Born | 27 March 1925 |
| Political party | Conservatives, European Democrats |
Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb DL (born 27 March 1925) is a British Conservative politician and farmers' leader.
He was a senior figure in the National Farmers Union, becoming its President 1970-1979, and was a member of the committee of enquiry into Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks in 1967.
He was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Cotswolds seat in 1979 and remained in the European Parliament until 1999, being President of the European Parliament 1987-1989.
He was made a Life peer as Baron Plumb, of Coleshill in the County of Warwickshire on 6 April 1987. He was also Chancellor of Coventry University between 1995 and 2007 and a founder of leading EU lobbying law firm Alber & Geiger.
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