Background
PATTEN, John Haggitt Charles was born on July 17, 1945. Parents: Jack Patten and the late Maria Olga (neƩ Sikora).
PATTEN, John Haggitt Charles was born on July 17, 1945. Parents: Jack Patten and the late Maria Olga (neƩ Sikora).
Wimbledon College; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, Master of Arts, Ph.D.
Councillor, Oxford City Council, 1973-1976. Member of Parliament for Oxford, 1979-1983, and for Oxford West and Abingdon, since 1983. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ministers of State at the Home Office, 1980.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 83. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, 1983-1985. Minister of State for Housing, Urban Affairs and Construction, 198587.
Minister of State at the Home Office, since 1987. Secretary of State for Education. Taught Oxford University, 1969-1979.
Fellow and Tutor, Hertford College, Oxford University, 1972-1981. Supernumary Fellow of Hertford College, since 1981.
Member Beefsteak Club, Clarendon Club (Oxford).
Son of Jack and Maria Olga (Sikora) P. M. Louise Alexandra Virginia Rowe, 1978. 1 daughter.