Lord David Young, a British-Jewish member of the House of Lords who advised Conservative governments in the United Kingdom from Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron died Dec. 8. He was 90.

Margaret Thatcher, who appointed Young to his first political post as an advisor in charge of privatization, famously said of him, “Other people bring me problems. David brings me solutions.”

During his many years in politics, Young used his position to advance the needs of British Jewry and push for stronger British-Israeli relations. “Lord Young was always proud of his Jewish heritage,” said Lord Leigh of Hurley, a longtime senior treasurer of the British Conservative party.