John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble

John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble (born 17 March 1956), is a British politician. He is a life peer, and has served as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords since May 2021.

See also Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner

The Right Honourable The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2021
Lord Speaker	The Lord McFall of Alcluith
Preceded by	The Lord McFall of Alcluith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity
In office 13 July 2016 – 10 May 2021
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Rory Stewart
Succeeded by	The Lord Benyon
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 8 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Newby
Succeeded by	The Earl of Courtown
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Baroness Rawlings
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office 24 June 2010 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-17) 17 March 1956 (age 69)
Nationality	British
Political party	Non-affiliated
Other political affiliations	Conservative (until 2021)
Spouse	Olivia Musgrave
Alma mater	Uppingham School Royal Holloway, University of London

Early life, education and early career

Educated at Uppingham School and Royal Holloway, University of London, he graduated with a BA in Modern History, Economic History and Politics in 1977. He served as private secretary to five successive Chairmen of the Conservative Party between 1989 and 1995, under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He has also worked as Director of Political Affairs for the Countryside Alliance, and served on the Quality of Life Commission Rural Affairs Group of the Conservative Party.

House of Lords

On 23 June 2010, Gardiner was raised to the peerage as Baron Gardiner of Kimble, of Kimble in the County of Buckinghamshire.^[1]

In 2012, he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting, and served in the Lords as a government whip and spokesman on the Cabinet Office, Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change.

In May 2015, Gardiner was promoted to be Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

In July 2016, he was moved by new Prime Minister Theresa May to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He served in this role until 10 May 2021.

On 11 May 2021, Gardiner was appointed as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.^[2]

He is married to the sculptor Olivia Musgrave.^[3] He lives in London and Suffolk and is a partner of the family farm at Kimble in Buckinghamshire. He was Chairman of the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt from 1992 to 2006 and President of the Buckinghamshire County Show 2007.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble

Crest In front of a garb Or a foxhound statant Proper supporting with the dexter foreleg a banner of the arms on a staff Gules. Escutcheon Argent on a chevron engrailed Vert between three foxes courant Proper three Dairy Shorthorns statant Or on a chief Gules three swans wings elevated and addorsed Argent.[4] Supporters On either side a griffin Argent the tail tufted Or murally gorged Gules winged Vert the exterior foreclaws grasping an annulet the interior forefoot resting on a grice of three steps Or. Motto Floreat Rus