For many years, Lord Caithness has opposed Fractional Reserve Banking and has been an ardent supporter of market-oriented reform. Today, he has become a member of The Cobden Centre’s Advisory Board.
Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, he is a former Minister of State at the Home Office, the Department of the Environment and the Foreign Office. In 1989, he was the Paymaster-General and since 1990 he has been a member of the Privy Council.