Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author.
Political Career[edit]
Lord Dobbs started working for the Conservative Party after his return to England from America in 1975. He was an advisor to Margaret Thatcher, who was then leader of the Opposition, from 1977 to 1979. From 1979 to 1981 he was a Conservative MP speechwriter. He served as a Government Special Advisor from 1981 to 1986. He was the Conservative Party Chief of Staff from 1986 to 1987. In the John Major government, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1994 to 1995. He was created a Conservative life peer on the 18th December 2010.
Education[edit]
Lord Dobbs was educated at Hertford Grammar School Cheshunt Grammar School and Christ Church, Ox-ford. After graduating in 1971, Dobbs moved to the United States. He attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, funded by a job as feature writer for the Boston Globe, and graduated in 1975 with an M.A., M.A.L.D., and Ph.D. in nuclear defence studies. His doctoral thesis was published as SALT on the Dragon's Tail. In 2007, Dobbs gave the Alumni Salutation at Fletcher.
Notable Work[edit]
Lord Dobbs has worked as a writer. He wrote the House of Cards in 1989, which was eventually turned into a trilogy of Political Thrillers for the BBC. He then became the executive producer of the American House of Cards series. He was Deputy Chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi between 1983-86 and again between 1988-90.
