Francis Leonard Tombs, Baron Tombs (17 May 1924 – 11 April 2020) was an English industrialist and politician who served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords from 1990 until his retirement in 2015.
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Biography
He was educated at Elmore Green School, Walsall, and at the University of London. Tombs had a career in industry, particularly in electricity generation.[1] He was chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board,[2] the Electricity Council[3] and Rolls-Royce.[4] Tombs was president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1981[5] and became an Honorary Fellow of its successor organisation the Institution of Engineering and Technology in 1991.[6] Tombs was named chairman of Turner & Newall P.L.C.,[7][circular reference] Britain's largest manufacturer of asbestos products on 30 November 1982,[8] and remained there throughout much of the 1980s.
Knighted in 1978,[9] Tombs was created a life peer on 29 February 1990, as Baron Tombs, of Brailes in the County of Warwickshire.[10][11][12] He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher, and was on a number of committees. Tombs was granted a leave of absence in March 2008, which lasted until July 2010.[13][14] He wrote a memoir, Power Politics: Political Encounters in Industry and Engineering, which was published later that year.[15] Tombs retired from the House of Lords on 31 March 2015.[16] He died in April 2020, at the age of 95.[17]
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References
- ^ Tombs, Francis. "Nuclear Energy - 25 Years of Generating Experience". Institution of Engineers, Australia. pp. 33–39. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ Ham, Adrian; Hall, Robert (20 February 2006). "A way forward for nuclear power" (PDF). Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Nationalised Industries (Accounting Practice): House of Commons debates, 1 August 1978". Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Electricity – the key to a UK Energy Policy". Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Past Presidents of the IEE". Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "IET Honorary Fellows". Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ Turner & Newall
- ^ Cuff, Daniel F. (30 November 1982). "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Turner & Newall Appoints Chairman". The New York Times.
- ^ "No. 47500". The London Gazette. 28 March 1978. p. 3787.
- ^ "No. 51981". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1989. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 52065". The London Gazette. 5 March 1990. p. 2937.
- ^ "Lord Tombs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 13 March 1990. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "House of Lords - Minute". The Stationery Office. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ House of Lords Journal for 14 July 2008
- ^ Tombs, Francis, Sir (2011). Power politics : political encounters in industry and engineering. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85771-916-4. OCLC 713360894.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/retired-lords/ Retired members of the House of Lords
- ^ TOMBS, Francis Leonard (Lord Tombs of Brailes)
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
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