Personal Life
Baldry is a practising barrister and Head of Chambers at 1 Essex Court in the Temple, London.
He lives in Bloxham, a village about three miles away from Banbury. He married his second wife in 2001 and has two children from his first marriage.
According to the Register of Member's Interests and on his website, Baldry confirms alongside his Parliamentary duties that he is a Director of Westminster Oil ("development of oil licences and exploration"), West Africa Investments ("investing in infrastructure and natural resource projects in Sierra Leone and elsewhere in West Africa"), Halcyon Oil ("a Hong Kong registered company focusing on oil exploration and discovery projects in Central Asia"). He is a director of Mastermailer Holdings, plc and he is deputy Chair of Woburn Energy plc, a company "specialising in oil exploration and recovery".
Baldry was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for public and political service. In September 2012 it was reported that Baldry crashed his car into four stationary vehicles, a bollard, and a portable toilet while attempting to park. Police breath tests later proved negative.
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