Michael Ancram, a former deputy leader of the Conservative Party who once campaigned for the leadership, was a genial House of Commons man but was seen as someone who, in political terms ...

The 13th Marquess of Lothian, who has died aged 79, was the first Catholic to become a Scottish Conservative MP; better known as Michael Ancram, he was also one of the architects of peace in ...

The former deputy leader of the Conservative party Michael Ancram has died, aged 79, his family has announced. The 13th ...

The race for the Tory leadership will today take a new twist, with party chairman Michael Ancram due to throw his hat into the ring. Allies of the son and heir of the 12th Marquess of Lothian said ...

Michael Ancram said there appeared to be a "concerted attempt" by terrorists to disrupt the reconstruction of Iraq and spread fear through the civilian population. He was speaking after the deaths ...

Tributes have been paid to the former Conservative minister Michael Ancram, who has died at the age of 79. The peer passed away in the early hours of Tuesday after a short illness, his family ...

A most unstuffy grandee, Ancram was a member of the British ski team, and a folk singer who had busked his way round Italy as a student. For Malcolm Rifkind’s 50th birthday party he impersonated ...