Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield

Thomas was a pupil at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Carmarthen, where his father (William Emrys Thomas 1911–1993) was a transport manager and his mother (Mildred Evelyn née James) ran a greengrocery.

He did his national service in the army, serving at Shrapnel Barracks in Woolwich, south east London.

He was a member of the House of Lords Monetary Policy & European Affairs Select Committees.

[3] Having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours,[4] he was created a life peer as Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, of Prestbury in the County of Cheshire on 5 November 1997.

[5] He sat in the House of Lords until 18 May 2016, at which point he ceased to be a member pursuant to section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, having failed to attend during the whole of the 2015-16 session without being on leave of absence.