Roger Sims | |
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Member of Parliament for Chislehurst | |
In office 1974-1997 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 January 1930 |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Angela Mathews
(m. 1957; died 2015) |
Children | 3 |
Sir Roger Edward Sims JP (born 27 January 1930) is a British Conservative politician.[1][2]
Sims was born the son of Herbert William Sims and Annie Amy Savidge. He was educated at City Boys' Grammar School in Leicester, and St Olave's Grammar School in London.[3]
Sims fought Shoreditch and Finsbury at the 1966 and 1970. He was MP for Chislehurst between February 1974 and May 1997, when he retired.[citation needed]
He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to William Whitelaw during Margaret Thatcher's government.[3]
Between 1960 and 1972, Sims was a justice of the peace in Bromley. He was deputy chairman from 1970 to 1972, and Chairman of the Juvenile Panel from 1971 to 1972.[3]
Sims was made a Knight of the British Empire in 1996.[3]
In 1957, Sims married Angela Mathews; the couple had two sons and a daughter. Mathews died in 2015.[citation needed]
Sims lives in Petts Wood, Bromley; his recreations are swimming and music, especially singing. He was a member of the Royal Choral Society from 1950 to 2008.[3]