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.
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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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.
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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