Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (10 August 1935 – 22 May 2002), was a

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

politician.

Biography

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was one of twin sons of Captain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, MC and his wife Joan Walter, the daughter of Dame Flora MacLeod, the 28th

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of the

Clan MacLeod Clan MacLeod (; gd, Clann Mac Leòid ) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan, whose chief is MacLeod of MacLeod, are known in Gaelic as ' ("see ...

. He was educated at

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and at

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and served as a lieutenant in the

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

Career

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was elected Conservative and Unionist

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(MP) for East Aberdeenshire in November 1958 at a

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when he was still an

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. At 23, he was at the time the youngest MP. He married Anne Marie Howard, daughter of Peter Howard, in 1962 and became involved through Howard in

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(MRA) movement, which attracted much negative comment. He fell out with his local association over the matter and was defeated in the February 1974 general election by the Scottish National Party candidate Douglas Henderson.

Global policy

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. As a result, for the first time in human history, a

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convened to draft and adopt the

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Honours

He was appointed a Liveryman of the

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in 1966.

Family

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon had a son and two daughters. His twin brother John Wolrige-Gordon (1935–2007) changed his name to

John MacLeod of MacLeod John MacLeod of MacLeod, (born John Wolrige-Gordon; 10 August 1935 – 12 February 2007) was the 29th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Faced with the need for expensive repairs to the clan's seat at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, his proposed ...

to take up the role of 29th Clan Chieftain, which he inherited from their grandmother.

References

External links

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Obituary for John MacLeod, brother of Patrick Wolrige-Gordon
1935 births 2002 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Conservative Party MPs People educated at Eton College Alumni of New College, Oxford UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs World Constitutional Convention call signatories {{Conservative-UK-MP-1930s-stub