Here is the latest nomination in our series highlighting people David Cameron should consider appointing to the House of Lords.
If you would like to nominate someone, please email Jonathan Isaby with your suggestion, ideally including key arguments for
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No. 8: Algy Cluff
A reader from Kent writes:
"Algy Cluff is the sort of pioneering entrepreneur who puts the "Great" into Great Britain. He served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards and while on active war service, he spotted the opportunity of Malaysian plantation companies' real estate prior to the expansion of Kuala Lumpur. That was his first great business fortune. Since then, he has gone onto a career in resources spanning more than 40 years in oil and metals and has run four different natural resources companies, the first of which was in North Sea oil. He started Cluff Oil in the 1970s, bidding for 12 North Sea exploration blocks expecting to win one - but gained all 12! . He then moved on in the early 1980s to mining in Africa with Cluff Resources. The result was that he opened up Tanzania to gold production. Next he launched Cluff Mining, specialising in platinum projects in South Africa and more recently he launched Cluff Gold, which he still runs.
"He's a strong Tory too. In the 1980s, he owned The Spectator for four years and remained as chairman for 20 years. He stood as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate and is a former director of the Centre for Policy Studies. As a nation we really do need Algy's lifetime of business brilliance and understanding of so many nations in the Lords. This man should not be made a peer just because of his achievements - although they are more than sufficient on their own - he should be made a Lord because of the contribution he can make to our public life from his wealth of experience."
> Yesterday's nomination: Ruth Lea
