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Peter Tapsell

Diplomat · Politician

Peter Tapsell is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Peter Tapsell · Питер Тэпселл · پيتير تاپسيل · پیتر تپسل · পিটার ট্যাপসেল · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell · پیتر تپسل · 彼得·塔塞爾 · 彼得·塔普賽爾				[sources]
Weak alias	彼得·塔普赛尔				[sources]
Birth date	1930-02-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Hove				[sources]
Death date	2018-08-18				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Last name	Tapsell				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party				[sources]
Title	Sir				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q272526				[sources]
Position	Father of the House (2010-2015) · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · House of Commons (member, 2010-2015) · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom · member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1959-1964) · 12 more...				[sources]
Education	Heath Mount School · Merton College · Tonbridge School				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-21	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

British politician (1930-2018)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jessie Hannay Close Associate	mother	-	-
Cecilia Anne Hawke Close Associate	spouse	1963-07-27	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	-
Member of the House of Commons	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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