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

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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

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. He was educated at

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and at

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and served as a lieutenant in the

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. His great-uncle was Brigadier General Robert Gordon Gilmour.

Career

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was elected Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament (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 journalist Peter Howard and tennis player

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in 1962. He 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 Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

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 elder twin brother, John Wolrige-Gordon (1935–2007), changed his name to John MacLeod of MacLeod 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 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 20th-century British Army personnel Military personnel from Aberdeenshire {{Conservative-UK-MP-1930s-stub