Tom Tugendhat is a 49-year-old British politician. He is currently a member of the Conservative Party. Tugendhat was the son of a High Court judge and his French wife, Blandine de Loisne, and was born in Westminster, London.
He studied theology at the University of Bristol before pursuing a Master’s degree in Islamic studies at Cambridge’s Gonville and Caius College.
Who is Tom Tugendhat father Michael Tugendhat?
Tom’s father Michael Tugendhat is a 79-year-old retired England and Wales High Court judge.
Tugendhat was appointed to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court in April 2003 and sits in the appeal courts of Jersey and Guernsey.
The Guardian describes him as “Britain’s leading expert on privacy law,” and he told a House of Commons select committee that he had written a book on the subject.
In 2000 Tugendhat acted for David and Victoria Beckham in a High Court bid to prevent the publication of a biography of them by Andrew Morton.
He represented The Sunday Times newspaper in its efforts to publish extracts from a book by former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson.
He was also involved in a campaign to overturn a blanket ban on publishing unauthorized disclosures by ex-MI5 agents including David Shayler.
