Rory Stewart

The Right Honourable

Rory Stewart

OBE FRSL FRSGS
Secretary of State for International Development
In office
1 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byPenny Mordaunt
Succeeded byAlok Sharma
Minister of State for Prisons
In office
9 January 2018 – 1 May 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySam Gyimah
Succeeded byRobert Buckland
Minister of State for Africa
In office
15 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byTobias Ellwood
Succeeded byHarriett Baldwin
Minister of State for International Development
In office
17 July 2016 – 9 January 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySir Desmond Swayne
Succeeded byHarriett Baldwin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
In office
12 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byDan Rogerson
Succeeded byThérèse Coffey
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
In office
14 May 2014 – 12 May 2015
Preceded byJames Arbuthnot
Succeeded byJulian Lewis
Member of Parliament
for Penrith and The Border
In office
6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byDavid Maclean
Succeeded byNeil Hudson
Personal details
Born
Roderick James Nugent Stewart

(1973-01-03) 3 January 1973
Hong Kong
Political partyIndependent (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse(s)
Shoshana Clark
​
(m. 2012)​
Children2
FatherBrian Stewart
ResidenceDufton, Cumbria, England
EducationEton College
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Websitewww.roryforlondon.co.uk
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1991 - 1992
Rank Second Lieutenant (on probation)
Unit Black Watch

Roderick James Nugent Stewart OBE FRSL FRSGS (born 3 January 1973), known as Rory Stewart, is a British politician. He was the Secretary of State for International Development from May 2019 to July 2019, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 2010 through 2019.[1][2]

From 2016 to 2018, Stewart was Minister of State at the Department for International Development and Minister of State for Africa, and on 9 January 2018 he was appointed Minister of State for Prisons.[3]

Stewart was a candidate in the 2019 Conservative leadership election.[4]

On 3 October 2019, Stewart announced he had resigned from the Conservative Party and would stand down as an MP at the next general election.[5] He will stand as an independent candidate for Mayor of London in the 2020 election.

References

  1. ↑ Stratton, Allegra (26 October 2009). "Former royal tutor Rory Stewart selected for safe Tory seat". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Penrith and the Border Conservatives Archived 2018-07-30 at the Wayback Machine Rory Stewart becomes MP for Penrith and the Border
  3. ↑ "Rory Stewart MP OBE". GOV.UK. British Government. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rory Stewart: I'd bring country together as PM". BBC News. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Walker, Peter (4 October 2019). "Rory Stewart resigns from Conservative party". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.


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