Hugh Rossi

Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC (21 June 1927 – 14 April 2020) was a British Conservative Party politician.

[2] A junior minister in the governments of Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, he was on the 'One Nation' wing of the party.

Michael Heseltine praised his social housing ideas (especially Right to Buy) as fundamental to Conservative general election successes.

The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrongly believed that his disappointment was a worry that he could not carry out this role as a Catholic, and arranged a meeting between Rossi and the Archbishop of Westminster Basil Hume to reassure him that there was no conflict of interest.

[2][4] Rossi died in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on 14 April 2020, at the age of 92; he was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.