Outgoing Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's many fans had hoped his final destination might be No10.
Mr Wallace's ties to the military have run through his life. He attended Sandhurst Military Academy and joined the Scots Guards, becoming a captain and serving in Northern Ireland.
Mr Wallace is a member of the Royal Company of Archers, which meant he took part in the vigil for the Queen in Westminster Hall last year He married Liza Cooke, who worked as a part-time parliamentary assistant, in 2001. They have two sons and a daughter, but separated a few years ago. That role put him in pole position to take over as Defence Secretary in 2019, when his long-time ally Boris Johnson was installed as PM.
But Mr Wallace opted to stand aside for Liz Truss, and again dodged throwing his hat into the ring when Rishi Sunak won the leadership. In a rare blot on his copybook, footage of Mr Wallace being prank-called by Russian hoaxers was released online in March last year. He insisted he had not revealed anything sensitive and the footage had been edited.In the end, Mr Wallace's ambition was thwarted by opposition from the White House and France - who were adamant the next chief should come from an EU state.
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