Ian Gow

Ian Gow TD
Gow in November 1985
Minister of State for the Treasury
In office 2 September 1985 – 19 November 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Barney Hayhoe
Succeeded by	Peter Brooke
Minister for Housing
In office 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	John Stanley
Succeeded by	John Patten
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 4 May 1979 – 13 June 1983
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Roger Stott
Succeeded by	Michael Alison
Member of Parliament for Eastbourne
In office 28 February 1974 – 30 July 1990
Preceded by	Charles Stuart Taylor
Succeeded by	David Bellotti
Personal details
Born	Ian Reginald Edward Gow (1937-02-11)11 February 1937 Marylebone, London, England
Died	30 July 1990(1990-07-30) (aged 53) Hankham, East Sussex, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jane Packe ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	2
Occupation	Solicitor
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1955–1976
Rank	Major
Unit	15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars

Ian Reginald Edward Gow TD (/ɡaʊ/; 11 February 1937 – 30 July 1990) was a British politician and solicitor. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 1974, until he was assassinated in 1990 by a car bomb planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) outside his home in East Sussex.^[1]