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Brian Mawhinney (Brian Stanley Mawhinney) was born on 26 July, 1940 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a British politician (1940–2019). Discover Brian Mawhinney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
| Popular As |
Brian Stanley Mawhinney |
| Occupation |
actor |
| Age |
79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
26 July, 1940 |
| Birthday |
26 July |
| Birthplace |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Date of death |
9 November, 2019 |
| Died Place |
Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Brian Mawhinney Height, Weight & Measurements
At 79 years old, Brian Mawhinney height not available right now. We will update Brian Mawhinney's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
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Who Is Brian Mawhinney's Wife?
His wife is Betty Oja (m. 1964)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Betty Oja (m. 1964) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
3 |
Brian Mawhinney Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Brian Mawhinney worth at the age of 79 years old? Brian Mawhinney’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Brian Mawhinney's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actor |
Brian Mawhinney Social Network
Timeline
Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, (26 July 1940 – 9 November 2019) was a British Conservative politician.
Mawhinney was born on 26 July 1940 in Belfast, son of Frederick Stanley Arnot Mawhinney and Coralie Anita Jean (née Wilkinson).
His family was heavily involved with an Open Brethren church.
He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and studied physics at Queen's University Belfast, gaining an upper second class degree in 1963.
He then began studying for a doctorate from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London.
In 1963, he briefly moved to the United States for his education, settling in Ann Arbor, Michigan but travelling throughout the country, engaging with politics and becoming more involved with Christian evangelism, participating in missions led by Billy Graham.
It was also during this time that he met his wife, Betty Oja, whom he married in 1964.
In 1964, Mawhinney married Betty Oja, an American citizen whom he met during his time in Michigan; the couple had three children.
He listed Anglo-American relations among his interests.
He worked as assistant professor of radiation research at the University of Iowa from 1968 to 1970 and then returned to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine as a lecturer from 1970 to 1984.
Mawhinney joined the Conservative Party shortly after his return to England.
He obtained his PhD in 1969, with thesis title Studies on the effects of radiation on mammalian bone grown in vitro.
He contested Stockton-on-Tees in October 1974 but lost to Labour incumbent, Bill Rodgers.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Peterborough in the 1979 election, serving until 1997.
He also campaigned prolifically against pornography: he introduced a private member's bill in 1979 to ban indecent images and posters outside cinemas, sex shops and strip clubs, and in early 1980, he called for Keith Joseph to launch an inquiry into a page on the Post Office's Prestel viewdata service, called "A Buyer's Guide to Dirty Books".
He became a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office in 1986, and then became Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office in 1990.
In 1992, he became Minister of State at the Department of Health until 1994.
He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005.
Having been sworn of the Privy Council in the 1994 New Year Honours, he entered the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport that year.
He served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio for two years from 1995 until the 1997 election.
He was then MP for North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005.
Mawhinney was a social conservative who opposed abortion and Sunday trading.
He was knighted in the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.
He served as Shadow Home Secretary and spokesman for home, constitutional and legal affairs for a year under William Hague before returning to the back benches in June 1998.
He wrote two autobiographies: In the Firing Line (1999) and Just a Simple Belfast Boy (2013).
Mawhinney lived in Keyston, Cambridgeshire in his later years.
In 2003, he was appointed chairman of The Football League, and in 2004 oversaw a re-organisation of the league structure, renaming the former Division One as the Football League Championship.
Deeply religious, Mawhinney was a leading member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship as well as a member of the Church of England General Synod for five years.
He was also president of Christians in Sport.
He stepped down from the House of Commons in April 2005.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer in the 2005 Dissolution Honours, and on 24 June he was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough, in the County of Cambridgeshire.
Lord Mawhinney questioned the priority David Cameron had given to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, stating that it was a distraction.
He took leave of absence from the House of Lords in October 2017 for health reasons.
Mawhinney was also a patron of Peterborough United until his death in November 2019.
He died at a nursing home in nearby Polebrook, Northamptonshire, on 9 November 2019, aged 79.
