Background
CORMACK, Patrick Thomas was born on May 18, 1939. Parents: the late Thomas C. Cormack.
CORMACK, Patrick Thomas was born on May 18, 1939. Parents: the late Thomas C. Cormack.
University of Hull, English and history. Spoken languages: French.
Parly, candidate, 1964, 1966. Member of Parliament, since 1970. PPSto Michael Alison and Paul Dean, 1970-1973.
Treasurer, Anglo-Soviet Parliamentary Group, 1970-1971. Chairman, All-Party Group for the Release of Soviet Jewry. 1971-1974; British Observer, Vietnamese President Election, 1971.
Chairman. All-Party Group for Widows and One-Parent Families, 1974-1977. Founder, now Chairman, All-Party Heritage Group since 1975. Chairman, Parliamentary Forestry Sub-Cttee., 1979.
Member. Select Committee on Education, Science and the Arts, 1979-1983. Member. Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Public Records, 1979-1984. Mcm. Speakers Panel of Chairman, since 1983.
Chairman, Conservative Arts and Heritage Advisory Committee, since 1989. Member. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Chairman of Editorial Board and Editor, House Magazine.
Chairman, British-Finnish Parliamentary Group. Chairman, British-Croatian Parliamentary Group. Chairman, British-Bosnian Parliamentary Group.
Schoolmaster, St. James Choir School, Grimsby, 1961-1966. Training and Education Officer, Ross Group, 1966-1967. Assistant Housemaster, Wrekin College, Shropshire, 1967-1969.
Head of History, Brewood Grammar School, Staffordshire, 1969-1970. Visiting lecturer, University of Texas, USA, 1984. Industrial consultant and a director of several companies.
Church of England
Clubs: Bow Group; Tory Reform Group. Heritage In Danger (ViceChmn.). Society of Antiquaries (Fellow).
Historic Churches Preservation Trust (trustee). Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (cncl. member). Glaziers’ Company; City of London (Freeman).
Institut, of Journalists.
Spouse Kathleen Mary McDonald (née McDonald), 1967. Children: two s.