 His handouts have included £10,000 to Mr Johnson's local party, while official records show he has personally donated to MPs Liam Fox, David Willets, Brandon Lewis and David Davis. He also gave £37,500 to the office of former Chancellor George Osborne and £1,200 to support ex-PM Theresa May. As The Mirror previously reported, in 2017 he was invited to a private dinner for donors with Mrs May. Sir Michael ate with top Tories as part of the Leader's Group, a club giving donors access to Cabinet ministers and the Prime Minister if they give the party at least £50,000. Forty-eight donors attended such meals between April and June 2018. The finance boss, who founded the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation, wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the upper chamber, where he swore the oath of allegiance to the King. The Tory Party donor was nominated by former PM Boris Johnson He was supported by Tory former Lords leader Lord Strathcylde and Labour){kind=link}
Australian-born businessman Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson
A billionaire hedge fund boss who donated millions of pounds to the Tory Party today took his place in the House of Lords.
Sir Michael Hintze, 69, was appointed to the unelected upper house after being put forward by former PM Boris Johnson.
Figures from the Electoral Commission show that he has donated more than £4.3million to the Tory Party in the past two decades.
In addition he has made a number of contributions worth a combined £90,000 to individual MPs’ coffers, including Mr Johnson himself.