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'''Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison''' (born 3 November 1929), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who began his career as a journalist, first working on ''[[Picture Post]]'' (of which his father, [[Maxwell Raison]], was managing editor), then ''[[New Scientist]]''. Whilst at ''New Scientist'' he also edited ''Crossbow'', journal of the [[Bow Group]] (a left of centre group within the Conservative Party). He edited the social science magazine ''[[New Society]]'' from 1962 until 1968 and was MP for [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]] from 1970 until his retirement in 1992. He served as a junior Education and Science Minister (1973–1974), a Home Office minister (1979–1983), and [[Secretary of State for International Development|Minister for Overseas Development]] (1983-1986).
'''Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison''' (3 November 1929 – 3 November 2011) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and journalist. He was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]] from 1970 to 1992, and served in the cabinet of [[Margaret Thatcher]].


==Early life and education==
Timothy Raison was educated at the [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]].Later he attained a scholarship to [[Christ Church, Oxford]].
Raison was born in [[Upper Norwood]], [[Lambeth]], London, in 1929.<ref name = ODNB>{{cite ODNB|title = Raison, Sir Timothy Hugh Francis (1929–2011), journalist and politician|last = Cooke|first = Alistair|authorlink = Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden|date = 2015|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/104388}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ujvq3PiCNlQdPCzhBONqmg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=10 October 2024|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}
</ref> He was the son of publisher and editor [[Max Raison|Maxwell Raison]], general manager of ''[[Picture Post]]'', and his wife Celia,<ref name="Langdon">{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/nov/10/sir-timothy-raison-obituary |title = Sir Timothy Raison obituary|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 10 November 2011|last1 = Langdon|first1 = Julia}}</ref> Raison was educated, through being a scholarship boy, at two independent schools: at [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]], where he became Head of School. From there he got a scholarship to [[Eton College]], then to [[Christ Church, Oxford]], to which he also attained a scholarship.<ref name="Langdon"/> He performed his national service with the [[Durham Light Infantry]], where he was a second lieutenant.<ref name = ODNB/>

==Career==
Raison began his career as a journalist, first working on ''[[Picture Post]]'', then ''[[New Scientist]]''.<ref name="Langdon" /> Whilst at ''New Scientist'' he also edited ''Crossbow'', journal of the [[Bow Group]] (a centre-right group within the Conservative Party).<ref name="Langdon" />

According to [[Christopher Chataway]], it was Raison, then still a journalist, who first came up with the idea of a [[World Refugee Day|World Refugee Year]] in 1958: 'It came from Tim Raison, who was a friend of mine and, like me, wanted to be a Conservative member of parliament ... He floated the idea past me and I thought it was terrific. He, I and two other journalists, [[Trevor Philpott]] and Colin Jones, wrote an article [in the Spring 1958 edition of Crossbow entitled "A Plan to Save the Refugees"] which was the start of the idea'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dobbs |first1=Leo |title=Q&A: Legendary British runner and politician recalls World Refugee Year |url=https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/latest/2013/5/51a625079/qa-legendary-british-runner-politician-recalls-world-refugee-year.html |website=[[UNHCR]] |access-date=30 December 2021 |language=en |date=29 May 2013}}</ref>

In 1960 Raison received [[The Nansen Refugee Award]], which is given annually by the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lindt |first1=Auguste R. |title=Nansen Medal Award Ceremony: Address by Dr. Auguste R. Lindt, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the presentation of the Nansen Medal for 1960 to Messrs. Chataway, Jones, Philpott and Raison |url=https://www.unhcr.org/uk/admin/hcspeeches/3ae68fd354/nansen-medal-award-ceremony-address-dr-auguste-r-lindt-united-nations-high.html |website=[[UNHCR]] |access-date=6 May 2021 |language=en |date=1 January 1960}}</ref> He co-founded<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Paul |title=Sir Timothy Raison obituary letter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/nov/15/sir-timothy-raison-obituary-letter |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=30 December 2021 |language=en |date=15 November 2011}}
</ref> and edited the social science magazine ''[[New Society]]'' from 1962 until 1968 and was MP for [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]] from 1970 until his retirement in 1992.<ref name="Langdon" /> He served as a junior Education and Science Minister (1973–1974).

Raison served as a Home Office minister from 1979 to 1983, under then Home Secretary [[William Whitelaw]], (later [[hereditary peer]] Viscount Whitelaw). He then served as [[Minister for Overseas Development]] (1983–1986).<ref name="Langdon" />

==Personal life and death==
In 1956, Raison married violin teacher Veldes Julia Charrington, daughter of John Arthur Pepys Charrington, of Netherton, [[Hurstbourne Tarrant]], Hampshire, president of the [[Charrington Brewery]] and [[Masters of the Worshipful Company of Brewers|Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers]] in 1952, of that landed gentry family of Cherry Orchard, [[Shaftesbury]], Dorset;<ref>Burke's Landed Gentry 1965, 18th edition, vol. 1, ed. Peter Townsend, p. 133</ref><ref>Who was Who, vol. 7, 1971, p. 142</ref> they had a son, [[Paul Raison (art historian)|Paul Raison]], and three daughters.<ref name="Langdon" /><ref name = ODNB/><ref>Genealogical History of the Halliburton Family, 1983, p. 87</ref>

On 3 November 2011, Raison died on his 82nd birthday from complications of an [[abdominal aortic aneurysm]] at [[John Radcliffe Hospital]] in Oxford.<ref name = ODNB/>

==Honours==
* He was made a Member of [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council]] in the [[1982 New Year Honours|1982 New Years Honours List]].
* He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] on 31 December 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honours and Awards |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52543/page/8208/ |work=[[The London Gazette]] |issue=52543 |date=28 May 1991 |page=8208}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1987 and 1992 editions.

==Further reading==
*''[[Times Guide to the House of Commons]]'', 1987 and 1992 editions.


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The Right Honourable
Sir Timothy Raison
Minister for Overseas Development
In office
6 January 1983 – 10 September 1986
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byNeil Marten
Succeeded byChris Patten
Minister of State for Immigration
In office
4 May 1979 – 6 January 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byBrynmor John
Succeeded byDavid Waddington
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
11 February 1975 – 19 November 1976
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byMichael Heseltine
Member of Parliament
for Aylesbury
In office
18 June 1970 – 16 March 1992
Preceded bySpencer Summers
Succeeded byDavid Lidington
Personal details
Born
Timothy Hugh Francis Raison

(1929-11-03)3 November 1929
London, England
Died3 November 2011(2011-11-03) (aged 82)
Oxford, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Veldes Charrington
​
(m. 1956)​
Children4, including Paul
Parent
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison (3 November 1929 – 3 November 2011) was a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was the MP for Aylesbury from 1970 to 1992, and served in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher.

Early life and education

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Raison was born in Upper Norwood, Lambeth, London, in 1929.[1][2] He was the son of publisher and editor Maxwell Raison, general manager of Picture Post, and his wife Celia,[3] Raison was educated, through being a scholarship boy, at two independent schools: at Dragon School in Oxford, where he became Head of School. From there he got a scholarship to Eton College, then to Christ Church, Oxford, to which he also attained a scholarship.[3] He performed his national service with the Durham Light Infantry, where he was a second lieutenant.[1]

Career

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Raison began his career as a journalist, first working on Picture Post, then New Scientist.[3] Whilst at New Scientist he also edited Crossbow, journal of the Bow Group (a centre-right group within the Conservative Party).[3]

According to Christopher Chataway, it was Raison, then still a journalist, who first came up with the idea of a World Refugee Year in 1958: 'It came from Tim Raison, who was a friend of mine and, like me, wanted to be a Conservative member of parliament ... He floated the idea past me and I thought it was terrific. He, I and two other journalists, Trevor Philpott and Colin Jones, wrote an article [in the Spring 1958 edition of Crossbow entitled "A Plan to Save the Refugees"] which was the start of the idea'.[4]

In 1960 Raison received The Nansen Refugee Award, which is given annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees.[5] He co-founded[6] and edited the social science magazine New Society from 1962 until 1968 and was MP for Aylesbury from 1970 until his retirement in 1992.[3] He served as a junior Education and Science Minister (1973–1974).

Raison served as a Home Office minister from 1979 to 1983, under then Home Secretary William Whitelaw, (later hereditary peer Viscount Whitelaw). He then served as Minister for Overseas Development (1983–1986).[3]

Personal life and death

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In 1956, Raison married violin teacher Veldes Julia Charrington, daughter of John Arthur Pepys Charrington, of Netherton, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, president of the Charrington Brewery and Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers in 1952, of that landed gentry family of Cherry Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset;[7][8] they had a son, Paul Raison, and three daughters.[3][1][9]

On 3 November 2011, Raison died on his 82nd birthday from complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.[1]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cooke, Alistair (2015). "Raison, Sir Timothy Hugh Francis (1929–2011), journalist and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/104388. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Langdon, Julia (10 November 2011). "Sir Timothy Raison obituary". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Dobbs, Leo (29 May 2013). "Q&A: Legendary British runner and politician recalls World Refugee Year". UNHCR. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ Lindt, Auguste R. (1 January 1960). "Nansen Medal Award Ceremony: Address by Dr. Auguste R. Lindt, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the presentation of the Nansen Medal for 1960 to Messrs. Chataway, Jones, Philpott and Raison". UNHCR. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ Barker, Paul (15 November 2011). "Sir Timothy Raison obituary letter". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1965, 18th edition, vol. 1, ed. Peter Townsend, p. 133
  8. ^ Who was Who, vol. 7, 1971, p. 142
  9. ^ Genealogical History of the Halliburton Family, 1983, p. 87
  10. ^ "Honours and Awards". The London Gazette. No. 52543. 28 May 1991. p. 8208.

Further reading

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