Education
He was educated at Ardingly College and read French and History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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In 1953 he joined the advertising department of Pye Limited. At the 1964 general election he fought Chester-le-Street and in 1966, he was again an unsuccessful candidate in the Bodmin constituency in Cornwall, losing to the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament, Peter Bessell. At the 1970 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hendon North, holding the seat until it was abolished by boundary changes in 1997.
In the 1997 general election, he stood in the new seat of Hendon, losing to Labour"s Andrew Dismore.
He was the great grandson of Sir John Eldon Gorst.
Membership
45th United Kingdom Parliament. 46th United Kingdom Parliament. 47th United Kingdom Parliament.
48th United Kingdom Parliament.
49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament.
51st United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party