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PATTEN, Rt. Hon. John Haggitt Charles was born on July 17, 1945. Parents: Jack Patten and the late Maria Olga (neé Sikora).
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Rt. Hon. John Haggitt Charles PATTEN
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Education
Wimbledon College; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, Master of Arts, Ph.D.
Career
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.
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Membership
Clubs: Beefsteak Club.
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Spouse Louise Alexandra Virginia Charlotte (née Rowe), 1978. Children: one d.
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Political Party
Conservative Party