Background
Gowrie, Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven was born on November 26, 1939 in Dublin. Son of Alexander Hardinge Patrick and Pamela Margaret Ruthven.
Gowrie, Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven was born on November 26, 1939 in Dublin. Son of Alexander Hardinge Patrick and Pamela Margaret Ruthven.
Attended, Eaton, Balloil College, Oxford.
Visiting lecturer State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963—1964. Tutor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965—1968. Lecturer in English and American literature University College London, 1969—1972.
Member House of Lords, since 1955. Conservative whip, 1971—1972. Party representative United Nations, 1971.
Lord in aaiting, 1972—1974. Opposition spokesman on economic affairs, 1974—1979. Minister State Department Employment, 1979—1981.
With Northern Ireland Office, 1981—1983, deputy to secretary state, 1983. Minister arts, since 1983. Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, since 1984.
Fine art consultant.
Married Adelheid Grafin yon der Schulenburg, 1974.