Lord Gardiner was reappointed Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity on 9 January
2018.
Lord Gardiner served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs from 17 July 2016 to January 2018. He is a
Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Education
He was educated at Uppingham School and Royal Holloway,
University of London, where he read modern history and
politics.
Political career
He served as Lord in Waiting from September 2012 to May
2015, and as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of
the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard from May
2015 until July 2016.
Lord Gardiner was raised to the Peerage in 2010 and served
as a party whip until being appointed to government. He
served as Private Secretary to 5 successive Chairmen of the
Conservative Party between 1989 and 1995.
Career outside politics
Lord Gardiner was Director of Political Affairs at the
Countryside Alliance between 1995 and 2004 and Deputy Chief
Executive between 2004 and 2010. He is also a partner in a
family farm.
Personal life
Lord Gardiner is married to the sculptor Olivia Musgrave.