Background
MOORHOUSE, James Cecil Olaf was born on January 1, 1924 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Parents: Sidney Humphrey James Moorhouse and Anna Sophie Hedvig Moorhouse (née Lovenskiold).
Member of the European Parliament politician
MOORHOUSE, James Cecil Olaf was born on January 1, 1924 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Parents: Sidney Humphrey James Moorhouse and Anna Sophie Hedvig Moorhouse (née Lovenskiold).
St. Paul’s School, London, 1937-1942. University of London, King’s College, Bachelor of Science (Eng.), 194244. University of London, Imperial College, Dip. of Imperial College, 194546.
Spoken languages: English, Danish, Norwegian, French.
Member of the European Parliament for London South and Surrey East, 1979- European Democratic Group. Vice Chairman. Spokesman and Co-ordinator for the Economic Relations Committee of the European Democratic Group, since 1989. Member delegation to Australia and New Zealand.
1989; designer. De Havilland Aircraft. 1946-1948; project engineer, BOAC, 1948-1953. Technical and environmental adviser.
Shell, 1953-1973; environmental adviser, RTZ, 1973-1980.
Church of England
He served as Conservative MEP for London South from 1979–1984, and as Conservative MEP for London South and Surrey East from 1984 until October 1998 when he "defected to the Liberal Democrats after disagreeing with Mr Hague's policy on the euro." He remained in the European Parliament as Liberal Democrat MEP for London South and Surrey East until 1999.
Clubs: Royal Automobile Club. Croyden Conservative.
Ex-spouse: Elizabeth Clive Huxtable, 1958 (divorced in 1994).
Married Catherine Hamilton Peterson.
