MajorThe Right Honourable The Lord Glenarthur DL
Parliamentary portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Baroness Young
Succeeded by	William Waldegrave
Minister of State for Scotland
In office 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Gray of Contin
Succeeded by	Ian Lang
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Home Affairs
In office 27 March 1984 – 10 September 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Elton
Succeeded by	Douglas Hogg
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
In office 14 June 1983 – 26 March 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Geoffrey Finsberg
Succeeded by	The Baroness Trumpington
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 27 May 1982 – 10 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Cullen of Ashbourne
Succeeded by	The Baroness Trumpington
Member of theHouse of Lords
Lord Temporal
as ahereditary peer 21 June 1977 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 3rd Baron Glenarthur
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
Incumbent
as anelected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Personal details
Born	Simon Mark Arthur (1944-10-07)7 October 1944 (age 80)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Susan Barry

Simon Mark Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur (born 7 October 1944), is a British peer, pilot and businessman. Having succeeded to his father's titles in 1976, he is one of theninety hereditary peers elected to remain in theHouse of Lords after theHouse of Lords Act 1999, and sits as aConservative.

The son of the3rd Baron Glenarthur, he was born into aScottish mercantile family and was educated atEton College. Commissioned to the10th Royal Hussars in 1963, Glenarthur wasAide-de-Camp to theHigh Commissioner ofAden in 1964 and 1965. Between 1976 and 1980, he served as aMajor inThe Royal Hussars,Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, and wasCaptain forBritish Airways Helicopters between 1976 and 1982.

Lord Glenarthur served in the government ofMargaret Thatcher in the House of Lords, and in 1982 became aLord-in-waiting (Government Whip) and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at theDepartment of Health and Social Security (DHSS) in 1983. He then moved to theHome Office before being promoted toMinister of State for Scotland in 1986. His last ministerial appointment was asMinister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1987 to 1989. Amongst his particular responsibilities wereHong Kong and the United Kingdom's relationship withChina.

From 1977 to 1982, Lord Glenarthur was director of Aberdeen and Texas Corporate Finance Ltd and from 1979 to 1982 for ABTEX Computer Systems Ltd. He was Senior Executive of Hanson plc from 1989 to 1996, Deputy Chairman of Hanson Pacific Ltd from 1994 to 1998 and director of Whirly Bird Services Ltd from 1995 to 2004. He was further consultant toBritish Aerospace from 1989 to 1999 and President of the National Council for Civil Protection from 1991 to 2003. For theBritish Helicopter Advisory Board, he was chairman between 1992 and 2004, and is its president since 2004. Lord Glenarthur was director of Lewis Group in 1993 and 1994, wasconsultant toChevron UK Ltd from 1994 to 1997 and director ofMillennium Chemicals from 1996 to 2004. He was also consultant to Hanson plc from 1996 to 1999 and to theImperial Tobacco Group plc from 1996 to 1998, chairman of the European Helicopter Association from 1996 to 2003 and of the International Federation of Helicopter Associations from 1997 to 2004, and is governor of theNuffield Hospitals since 2000. Between 2001 and 2002, he was consultant to Audax Trading Ltd, and director between 2003 and 2005. Since 2001, he has beenCommissioner of theRoyal Hospital Chelsea, since 2002 director ofThe Medical Defence Union and since 2005 director of Andax Global.

Glenarthur has been council member ofThe Air League since 1994 and was member of the National Employers Liaison Committee for Her Majesty's Reserve Forces from 1996 to 2002. Since 2002, he is also chairman of the National Employer Advisory Board for Britain's Reserve Forces. He is Lieutenant of theRoyal Company of Archers, since 2002 Honorary Colonel of the 306 Field Hospital and since 2004 Honorary Air Commodore of the612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron,Royal Auxiliary Air Force. In 1992, Glenarthur became aFreeman of theGuild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators and in 1996 aLiveryman. Having been a member of theChartered Institute of Logistics and Transport since 1978, he was made aFellow in 1999. He is further a Fellow of theRoyal Aeronautical Society since 1992, and aFreeman of theCity of London since 1996.

On 1 August 2008, Glenarthur was awarded the Grand Cross of theOrder of the Crown of Tonga by the King of Tonga in the Coronation honours list.^[1]

Since 2010, Lord Glenarthur has been governor and a trustee ofKing Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes. In his role as governor, he wrote to theAustralian radio station2Day FM in the wake of their hoax call to the King Edward VII's Hospital concerning the pregnancy ofThe Duchess of Cambridge, andthe subsequent death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha who took the call. Glenarthur wrote that it was 'truly appalling' that the call was approved by radio management before broadcast.^[2]

Glenarthur has been married to Susan Barry, a great-granddaughter of theEarl of Dunmore and a great-great-granddaughter of theEarl of Leicester, since 1969; they have one son, Edward Alexander Arthur, and one daughter.

Glenarthur is an active member of theScottish Episcopal Church.^[3]

Coat of arms of Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur

Crest On a rock a pelican in her piety Proper. Escutcheon Sable an escarbuncle Or within an orle of bezants. Supporters Dexter a bay horse Proper, sinister a lion rampant Gules. Motto Fac Et Spera[4]

• Tonga:
  • 1 August 2008: Grand Cross of theOrder of the Crown of Tonga.^[5]

• "Lord Glenarthur". DoDOnline.co.uk. Retrieved1 January 2007.
• "Lord Glenarthur". parliament.uk. Retrieved8 December 2012.

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