Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton

The Right Honourable The Lord Elton
Minister of State for Environment
In office 27 March 1985 – 10 September 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	new appointment
Succeeded by	Hon. William Waldegrave
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 11 September 1984 – 25 March 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	David Waddington
Succeeded by	David Mellor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office 6 April 1982 – 11 September 1984
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Lord Belstead
Succeeded by	David Mellor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
In office 15 September 1981 – 6 April 1982
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Geoffrey Finsberg
Succeeded by	Lord Trefgarne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 7 May 1979 – 15 September 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Tom Pendry
Succeeded by	David Mitchell
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 May 1973 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Lord Elton
Personal details
Born	2 March 1930
Died	19 August 2023
Political party	Conservative

Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton (2 March 1930 -19August 2023) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. In 1981 he was moved to the Department of Health and Social Security and in 1982 to the Home Office. In 1984 he was promoted to Minister of State within the Home Office.

In 1985, Elton joined the Department of Environment, again as a Minister of State, but left the government the following year.

Styles

• 2 March 1930 – 16 January 1934: Rodney Elton
• 16 January 1934 – 18 April 1973: The Honourable Rodney Elton
• 18 April 1973 – present: The Right Honourable The Lord Elton

Other websites

• Ministerial posts Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron	Baron Elton 1973–2023	Incumbent Heir apparent: Edward Elton