John Patten
John Patten, Lord Patten, is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and a former Conservative Member of Parliament.[1]
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Pre-Parliament
In 1966 he was the Conservative Research Department, before being seconded to the Cabinet Office in 1970 where he was personal assistant and political secretary to Lord Carrington and Lord Whitelaw whn they were chairmen of the Conservative Party from 1972 to 1974. In 1974 he was appointed director of the Conservative Research Department, a post he held until 1979.[2]
Parliament
Patten was the MP for Oxford in 1979 and then Oxford West and Abingdon from 1983 to 1997.
Whilst in Parliament, he was Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office from 5 January 1981 to 13 June 1983,[3] Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Security 1983 to 1985, Minister of State of housing in the Department of Environment from 1985 to 1987, Minister of State for the Home Office from 1987 to 1992 and then Secretary of State for education and science.[1] In 1992 he was appointed governor of Hong Kong, a position he held until 1997.[2]
On the 17 June 1997 he was made a Conservative peer in the House of Lords.[1]
Post Parliament
From 1999 to 2004 he was European Commission for external relations and in 2006 he was appointed co-chair of the UK-India Round Table.[2]
He was chairman of the BBC Trust from 2011 to 2014, after having to stand down due to having major heart surgery.[4]
Education
- Modern History, Balliol College, University of Oxford.[2]
Interests
- Adviser and Non-executive Director, Lockheed Martin Holdings UK Ltd (wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global security company)[1]
- Senior Adviser, Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP (UK & European private equity)[1]
- Adviser, Thomas Goode & Co Ltd (luxury goods)[1]
Former interests
- GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceuticals), deleted from his parliament profile on the 22 November 2012
- Clipper Windpower plc (wind energy technology), deleted from his parliament profile on the 14 June 2012
- Home Retail Group plc (UK general merchandise retailer), deleted from his parliament profile on the 01 October 2013
- Quercus Publishing plc (independent London-based publisher), deleted from his parliament profile on the 01 October 2013
- HSBC plc (international banking and financial services), deleted from his parliament profile on the 31 October 2014
- Unilever plc (multinational consumer goods company), deleted from his parliament profile on the 31 October 2014
- IMI plc (global engineering group), deleted from his parliament profile on the 31 October 2014
- Royal Dutch Shell plc (oil and gas), deleted from his parliament profile on the 01 October 2013
- Vodafone Group plc (telecommunications), deleted from his parliament profile on the 01 October 2013
- Member, Advisory Board, British Olympic Association, deleted from his parliament profile on the 22 November 2012[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lord Patten Parliament.UK, accessed 23 December 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chancellor Oxford University, accessed 23 December 2014
- ↑ David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.
- ↑ Lord Patten to stand down from BBC for health reasons BBC News, 6 May 2014, accessed 23 December 2014
- ↑ Interest amendments Parliament.UK, accessed 23 December 2014
