has done a great service to his office," at a time when prison policy was hardening, with a requirement for longer sentences from Criminal Justice Acts. He was instrumental in amending a justice bill reforming suspended sentences for youth offenders, who had been treated as adults. He resisted unnecessary amendments leading to the accumulation of executive power over the Court of Appeal. Sales of crossbows were restricted in scope and markets under a prohibitory act. He took a strong line against unlawful immigration. Later the same year he was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Carlisle of Bucklow, of Mobberley in the County of Cheshire on 2 November 1987 where he sat as a Conservative life peer. He was Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board from 1989 to 2000. Family life Carlisle married Sandra des Voeux, a Cornishwoman; they had a daughter. Carlisle's brother, Captain Edmund Carlisle (born 1923) was also educated at Radley, and RMA Sandhurst. His sons and grandsons were also educated at the school. Media In the 2012 film The Iron Lady he was played by Martin Wimbush. References |- |- 1929 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the University of Manchester British Secretaries of State for Education Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) life peers Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Radley College UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Judiciary of Jersey Members of Gray's Inn English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel 20th-century English lawyers