Raj Kumar Bagri, Baron Bagri, CBE is a former Conservative member of the House of Lords. He was in parliament between 1997 and 2010. A business man, Bagri was Chairman of the London Metal Exchange until 2002. He was appointed CBE in 1995. The 1997 New Year Honours list announced that Bagri was to be raised to the peerage, and in February he was gazetted a life peer as Baron Bagri of Regent's Park in the City of Westminster. In 2010, following the enactment of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, Bagri gave up his seat in the House of Lords in order to maintain his non-domiciled status for United Kingdom tax purposes. Bagri is a member of the Advisory Committee of The Prince's Trust and Chairman of the Bagri Foundation. He is also one of the governors of the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. He married Usha Maheshwary in 1954 and they have a son and a daughter. 

August 24th, 1930 in Kolkata  /  Died:   Apr 26th, 2017