Education
Patrick Shovelton was educated at Charterhouse School and Keble College, Oxford.
Patrick Shovelton was educated at Charterhouse School and Keble College, Oxford.
After wartime service in the Honourable Artillery Company he joined the Civil Service in 1946. He held various posts in the Ministry of Transport until 1959 when he transferred to the new Ministry of Aviation, becoming its Under-Secretary in 1966 before moving to the Ministry of Technology in the same year. When the Department of Trade & Industry was broken up in 1974 Shovelton was posted to the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection.
In 1976 he moved to the Department of Trade and led the United Kingdom negotiating team for the Bermuda II agreement in 1977 and the so-called "Bermuda 2A" agreement in 1978.
In 1978 Shovelton retired from the Civil Service and was Director-General of the General Council of British Shipping 1978-1985. Later he was a United Kingdom director and then United Kingdom vice-chairman of the Maersk conglomerate.
He also wrote obituaties for The Independent. Shovelton was appointed Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1972 and Central Bank in 1976.
In 1970 the Ministry of Technology was absorbed into the Department of Trade and Industry (Department of Trade & Industry) and Shovelton was a leading member of the United Kingdom negotiating team for entry into the European Economic Community 1970-1972.