Background
SMITH, Dudley Gordon was born on November 14, 1926 in Cambridge. United Kingdom. Parents: the late Hugh William Smith and the late Florence Elizabeth Smith (née Markwell).
SMITH, Dudley Gordon was born on November 14, 1926 in Cambridge. United Kingdom. Parents: the late Hugh William Smith and the late Florence Elizabeth Smith (née Markwell).
Chichester High School, Sussex. Spoken languages: some French.
Journalist, senior executive various provincial and national newspapers, 1943-1966. Assistant news editor Sunday Express, 1953-1959. Vice-chairman Southgate Conservative Association, 1958-1959, Community College Middlesex, 1958-1965.
Chief Whip majority group, 1961-1963. Division director, senior executive Beecham Group, 1966-1970. Member of Parliament consultant Brentford & Chiswick operation, 1959-1966.
Management consultant, since 1974. Parliamentary private secretary to secretary for Technology Cooperation, 1963-1964. Opposition Whip, 1964-1966.
Member of Parliament consultant Warwick & Leamington, since 1968. Opposition spokesman on employment and productivity, 1968-1970. Under secretary state department employment, 1970-1974.
Under secretary state for the Army, 1974. British delegate Council of Europe/Western European Union, since 1979. Secretary general European Democratic Group, since 1983.
Deputy lieutenant Warwickshire, since 1989. Chairman defence committee Western European Union, 1989-1993, president of the assembly, since 1993. Vice-chairman parliamentary select committee on race relations and immigration, 1974-1979.
One of founding members Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Assembly, since 1992.
Author: Harold Wilson: A Critical Biography, 1963.
Anglican.
Clubs: Former Chairman, United and Cecil Club.
Books, travel, music, wildlife and wilderness preservation.
Spouse Catherine Miriam Smith (née Amos), 1976. Children: (by first marriage) Russell. Charlotte, Antonia.
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