James Dugdale

James Dugdale, Lord Crathorne, was born on the 12th September 1939. He is the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and is a peer in the House of Lords. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

Political Career

Lord Crathorne was made Honorary Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Arts and Heritage Group at Westminster for 1981 and became chairman as well in 2010. Additionally, from 1988, he has been a member of the advisory panel on Works of Art in the House of Lords. During his time in parliament he has served on the Works of Arts Committee three times; from 1984-99, 2003-2007, and finally in 2010. From 1997, he has held the position of ‘Joint Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Photography Group’.

Education

Dugdale was educated at Eton College, Berkshire. He then moved on to study at Trinity College Cambridge where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts in 1963. He later converted to a Masters of Arts.

Notable Work

In 1981, Crathorne conducted a series of lectures on ‘Aspects of England’ at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and in 1988 he made a lecture tour for the bicentenary of Australia talking about Captain James Cook. In 1972 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Since 1997 he has been vice president of The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. He has also been a trustee of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond since 1970 and a trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund from 1992-1995. From 1983 to 2011 he was a member of the ‘House Magazine’ at Westminster.

External Links

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-crathorne/3380