predecessor successor death_date death_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
nicholas established anthony crosland -lrb- secretary of state for local government edwards and regional planning -rrb- george ward nigel lawson john silkin john davies position david trade -rrb- tony benn -lrb- industry -rrb- geoffrey rippon position hunt abolished peter luff cecil parkinson michael jopling peter shore -lrb- 23 june 2010 worcester , england conservative secretary energy minister of state for agriculture , fisheries and food of secretary of state for trade and industry secretary of state state for the environment minister of state for housing and local for government member of parliament for worcester wales secretary of state for margaret heath edward heath thatcher margaret thatcher margaret thatcher edward heath edward 25 march 1932 13 5 november 1972 15 october 1970 19 june 1970 16 june march 1961 1987 11 june 1983 4 may 1979 peter walker , baron walker of worcester
 4 4 march 1974 5 november 1972 15 october 1970 9 may april 1992 1990 13 june 1987 11 june 1983 the lord walker of worcester
peter walker , baron walker of worcester

peter edward walker , baron walker of worcester , mbe , pc -lrb- 25 march 1932 -- 23 june 2010 -rrb- was a british politician .
a member of the conservative party , he served in the cabinet as the environment secretary -lrb- 1970 -- 72 -rrb- , trade and industry secretary -lrb- 1972 -- 74 -rrb- , agriculture minister -lrb- 1979 -- 83 -rrb- , energy secretary -lrb- 1983 -- 87 -rrb- and welsh secretary -lrb- 1987 -- 90 -rrb- .
he was a member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- representing the constituency of worcester from 1961 to 1992 .
he was made a life peer in 1992 .
in 1958 he became the youngest to-date national chairman of the young conservatives .
walker was a founder of the tory reform group , and served as chairman of the carlton club .
he died in 2010 , shortly after his son , robin walker , had been elected the conservative mp for worcester .
