Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft

Politician

1946 –

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Who is Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft?

Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG PC, is an international businessman, philanthropist and politician. He holds dual British and Belizean nationality, and is a Belonger of the Turks & Caicos Islands. Ennobled as a life peer in 2000, he sits in the House of Lords on the Conservative benches. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 37th with an estimated fortune of £1.1 billion. On 1 March 2010, after 10 years of holding his tax status as private, he revealed that he did not pay tax on his overseas earnings in the UK. He is a former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.

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Born
Mar 4, 1946
Chichester
Spouses
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Belize
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
Profession
Education
  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
  • Norwich School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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