Hugh Rossi

Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC (21 June 1927 – 14 April 2020) was a British Conservative politician. He was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School and King's College London (LLB).[1]

Sir Hugh Rossi

KCSG KHS FKC
Minister of State for Social Security
In office
5 January 1981 – 12 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byReg Prentice
Succeeded byRhodes Boyson
Member of Parliament
for Hornsey and Wood Green
Hornsey (1966–1983)
In office
31 March 1966 – 9 April 1992
Preceded byMuriel Gammans
Succeeded byBarbara Roche
Personal details
Born
Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi

(1927-06-21)21 June 1927
Died14 April 2020(2020-04-14) (aged 92)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Children4 daughters, 1 son
Alma materKing's College London

Rossi was elected a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council 1956–65, serving as deputy mayor 1964–65, and on the successor London Borough of Haringey from 1964. He was also a Middlesex County Councillor 1961–65. Rossi was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey from 1966 to 1983, and (after boundary changes) for Hornsey and Wood Green, 1983 to 1992.

A junior minister in the governments of Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, he was on the 'One Nation' wing of the party. Michael Heseltine praised his social housing ideas (especially Right to Buy) as fundamental to Conservative general election success. He retired in 1992 after which the Conservative Party lost the Hornsey and Wood Green seat when his successor as Conservative candidate Andrew Boff was defeated by Labour.

Rossi was knighted in Margaret Thatcher 1983 Dissolution Honours List[2].

Rossi died in April 2020 at the age of 92.[3]

References
  1. ‘ROSSI, Sir Hugh (Alexis Louis)’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  2. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49424/supplement/9699
  3. Boniface, Michael. "Sir Hugh Rossi: Former Hornsey MP and councillor dies aged 92". Hampstead Highgate Express.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lady Gammans		 Member of Parliament for Hornsey
1966–1983		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green
1983–1992		 Succeeded by
Barbara Roche
Political offices
Preceded by
Reg Prentice		 Minister of State for Social Security (Minister for the Disabled)
1981–1983		 Succeeded by
Rhodes Boyson
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