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Francis Leonard Tombs, Baron Tombs (born 17 May 1924) is an English industrialist and former politician. He was educated at Elmore Green School, Walsall, and at the University of London. Tombs had a distinguished career in industry, particularly in electricity generation. He was chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board, the Electricity Council〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1978-08-01a.655.0 )〕 and Rolls-Royce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Institute of Physics ) 〕 Tombs was president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1981〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology )〕 and became an Honorary Fellow of its successor organisation the Institution of Engineering and Technology in 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology )〕 Tombs was named chairman of Turner & Newall P.L.C.,〔Turner & Newall〕 Britain's largest manufacturer of asbestos products on 30 November 1982〔http://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/30/business/business-people-turner-newall-appoints-chairman.html〕 and remained there throughout much of the 1980s. Knighted in 1978, Tombs was created a life peer on 29 February 1990, as Baron Tombs, of Brailes in the County of Warwickshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Hansard )〕 He was granted a leave of absence in March 2008 which lasted until July 2010.〔(House of Lords Journal for 14 July 2008 )〕 Tombs retired from the House of Lords on 31 March 2015.〔http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/retired-lords/ Retired members of the House of Lords〕 Lord Tombs has written a memoir, entitled (Power Politics: Political Encounters in Industry and Engineering ) ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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