Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, (born 13 June 1933) is a British politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party. 
King was in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970–2001. He was made a life peer in 2001.
In October 1988, there was a plot to murder King at his home in Winchester during the growing intensity of The Troubles.