Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater
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Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, PC (born June 13, 1933), is a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in Somerset, from 1970 until 2001. He held the posts of Employment Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary at a time when these were high-profile roles with the potential for controversy, but was not very well-known: this was satirised in Spitting Image in which his puppet sang "I'm the Invisible Man". He is now a life peer and sits in the House of Lords.
He was later the chair of the Intelligence and Security Select Committee.
| Preceded by: Michael Heseltine | Secretary of State for the Environment 1983 | Followed by: Patrick Jenkin |
| Preceded by: David Howell | Secretary of State for Transport 1983 | Followed by: Nicholas Ridley |
| Preceded by: Norman Tebbit | Secretary of State for Employment 1983–1985 | Followed by: The Lord Young of Graffham |
| Preceded by: Douglas Hurd | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1985–1989 | Followed by: Peter Brooke |
| Preceded by: George Younger | Secretary of State for Defence 1989–1992 | Followed by: Malcolm Rifkind |