Early Life
He attended Backwell School in Backwell, North Somerset. He went to the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth and served as Royal Navy officer from 1961-70.
He studied Law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974. He became a solicitor in 1977, becoming a partner of William A. Crump & Son from 1981-87 in London. He was a director of Coastal States Petroleum (UK) Ltd from 1988-95.
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