Political Career
Viggers was member of parliament for Gosport, and lives just a few miles from where he was born. He was first elected in February 1974 and served as industry minister for Northern Ireland under Margaret Thatcher from 1986 to 1989. He left the ministry in 1989 and returned to the back-benches.
In 2002, he made headlines by suggesting that the European Union adopt a "single European language" to cut down in translation costs.
Viggers was knighted in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Parliament.
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