Marcus Richard Kimball, Baron Kimball was a British Conservative politician.
Occupation
politician, farmer
Position held
member of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Marcus Richard Kimball, Baron Kimball (18 October 1928 – 26 March 2014) was a British Conservative politician.
Early life
The son of Major Lawrence Kimball, he was born in Marylebone, London, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a farmer and a Lloyd's underwriter. He was a councillor on Rutland County Council and commanded a squadron of the Leicestershire Yeomanry.
Political career
Kimball contested Derby South in 1955.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gainsborough from a 1956 by-election until 1983. While representing this constituency, he wrote to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, after Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, that he felt the British government should "let the Argentinians have the Falklands with as little fuss as possible". This letter, apparently written without the knowledge of his constituency party, remained secret until revealed by the release of part of the Thatcher archive in 2013.
