Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb

The Right Honourable The Lord Plumb DL
Plumb in 2001
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 27 April 1987 – 3 November 2017 Life peerage
President of the European Parliament
In office January 1987 – July 1989
Preceded by	Pierre Pflimlin
Succeeded by	Enrique Barón
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office 9 February 1982 – 7 July 1987
Preceded by	James Scott-Hopkins
Succeeded by	Christopher Prout
Member of the European Parliament for Cotswolds
In office 7 June 1979 – 10 June 1999
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Charles Henry Plumb (1925-03-27)27 March 1925 Warwickshire, England
Died	15 April 2022(2022-04-15) (aged 97)
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	European Democrats
Occupation	Farmer MEP

Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, DL (27 March 1925 – 15 April 2022) was a British farmer turned politician. He was the leader of the National Farmers Union.

Plumb later became active in the Conservative Party and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. He served as an MEP from 1979 to 1999, serving as President of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989, the only Briton to hold the post.

Plumb was made a Life peer as Baron Plumb, of Coleshill in the County of Warwickshire on 6 April 1987. He was also Chancellor of Coventry University between 1995 and 2007 and a founder of leading EU lobbying law firm Alber & Geiger.

Plumb died on 15 April 2022, aged 97.