Background
WARD, John Devereux was born on March 8, 1925. Parents: the late Thomas Edward Ward and the late Evelyn Victoria Ward.
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John Devereux WARD
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Romford County Technical School. St. Andrews University, Bachelor of Science Eng., 1953.
Career
Chairman. Eton and Slough Constituency Party, 1962-1966. Member. Conservative National Union Executive, 1965-1978. Chairman, Wessex Provincial Area, Conservative Party, 1966-1969.
Treasurer, Wessex Provincial Area, 1969-1978. Member, Conservative Party Central Board of Finance, 1969-1978. Member of Parliament for Poole, since 1979.
Vice-chairman, Conservative Trade and Industry Committee, 1983-1984. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1984-1986. United Kingdom Delegate, Council of Europe and Western European Union, 1983-1987 and 1989.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Social Services, 1987-1988, and Social Security 1988-1989. Navigator, Royal Air Force, 1943-1947. Student, 1949-1953; Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer.
Member, CEI Board; Consulting Engineer, 1953-1958. Taylor Woodrow Pic., 1958-1992.
Membership
CEng, Fellow, Institute of Civil Engineers, FIStructE.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Jean Miller (née Aitken), 1955. Children: one son, one d.
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Political Party
Conservative Party