Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones

The Right Honourable The Lord Clement-Jones CBE FRSA
Chairman of the Liberal Party
In office 1986 – 2 March 1988
Preceded by	Paul Tyler
Succeeded by	Party Dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-26) 26 October 1949
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Party Liberal Democrats

Timothy Francis Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE, (born 26 October 1949) is a Liberal Democrat Peer and their spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport in the House of Lords.

Political career

He was Liberal Democrat spokesman on health. He was Chairman of the Liberal Party 1986-1988. He was Chairman Liberal Democrat Finance Committee 1991-1998.

He was awarded a CBE in 1988. On 17 July 1998, he was created a life peer as Baron Clement-Jones, of Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Business and charitable career

He was dmitted as a solicitor 1974, worked as a corporate lawyer and was head of legal services LWT 1980-1983. He was legal director Grand Metropolitan Retailing 1984-1989. He was Group Co Secretary Woolworths Ltd, later Kingfisher plc 1986-1995. He became Trustee and director Cancer BACUP in 1986-. He was Chairman Crime Concern 1991-1995.

He served as President of Ambitious about Autism (and previously Chair of Trustees for seven years).

He became Chairman Dibb Lipton Alsop 1999-, and Chairman Environmental Context Ltd 1997-. He has been a member of the UCL Council since 2012. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Family and education

He is the son of Maurice Llewelyn Clement-Jones and (Margaret) Jean, née Hudson. Educated Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Trinity College, Cambridge (economics). Married first 1973 Vicky Veronica Yip (died 1987), daughter of the late Hong Kong-based Indonesian-born Dutch millionaire Teddy Yip. Married second 1994 Jean Roberta Whiteside. One son.

Arms

Arms of Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones

Adopted 2008 Coronet Coronet of a Baron Crest Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Sable a Lion sejant Sable grasping in the dexter forepaw a Fleur-de-Lys per pale Argent and Or Escutcheon Sable an Orle fracted and there conjoined to two Chevronels couped all per pale Or and Argent three Fleurs-de-Lys that in dexter chief Argent that in sinister chief Or and that in base per pale Argent and Or the Chevronels enclosing a Chevron couped per pale Argent and Or Motto FIDE ET DILIGENTIA Symbolism These Armorial Bearings were granted with an extension of limitation to be placed on a monument or otherwise displayed in memory of his grandfather and to be borne and used by the grantee and his descendants and the other descendants of his said grandfather. The grantee's family had long used a chevron between three fleurs-de-lys and the Crest of a demi lion rampant. Being unable to prove entitlement to these Arms and Crest, it was deemed desirable to have a new grant which demonstrates that the chevron formation combined with fleurs-de-lys is still possible. Similarly, the lion and fleurs-de-lys may be considered two charges heavily over used in the past. Nonetheless a relatively simple Crest, combining these two charges, can be obtained.

References

• Who's Who 1998

External Links

• Lord Clement-Jones at the Parliament website

Party political offices
Preceded by Paul Tyler	Chairman of the Liberal Party 1986–1988	Party merged into Social Liberal Democrats
Preceded by Reg Clark	Liberal Democrat Treasurer 2005–2010	Succeeded by Richard Duncalf