According to his webpage: Dominic Grieve was appointed Attorney General in May 2010. He is the Conservative MP for Beaconsfield. Dominic was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied modern history. Dominic held a number of positions in the shadow cabinet including Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice. He was called to the bar in 1980 and practised as a barrister before entering Parliament. Dominic is married with 2 children. Source: www.gov.uk