John Patten, Baron Patten
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John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, Script error: No such module "If empty". (born 17 July 1945) is a British politician. He was formerly Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxford and subsequently for Oxford West and Abingdon.
Early life
A Roman Catholic, he was educated by the Jesuits at Wimbledon College before graduating from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Patten then moved to the University of Oxford, working as a Geography Fellow, and taught political geography to former UK Prime Minister Theresa May while she was a student at St Hugh's College, Oxford.[1][2]
Parliamentary career
He was first elected for Oxford in 1979, transferring to Oxford West and Abingdon in 1983 after boundary changes divided the seat. He stood down at the 1997 general election. The seat was subsequently won by the Liberal Democrat Evan Harris.
Patten was offered the role of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Margaret Thatcher, but refused.[3]
Patten served as Secretary of State for Education from 1992 to 1994. He was interviewed at some length by Brian Sherratt in 1994 regarding his role as Secretary of State.[4] While he was Education Secretary, Patten described Birmingham education chief Tim Brighouse as "a madman ... wandering the streets, frightening the children." Brighouse sued, and won substantial damages which were donated to educational charities.[5]
House of Lords
Patten was created a life peer as Baron Patten of Wincanton in the County of Somerset on 17 June 1997.[6] In 2013, Patten voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
Family
He is married to the businesswoman Louise Patten, whom he taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford,[7] and they have one daughter, Mary-Claire, married to Daniel Lloyd Johnson of Essex.[8]
Other work
He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1983 to 1986.[9] He has been a senior advisor to Charterhouse Capital Partners since 2001.[10]
References
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- ↑ Ribbins, P. and Sherratt, B., Radical Educational Policies and Conservative Secretaries of State, Cassell, 1997, pp. 168–199
- ↑ Wilby, Peter, "The secrets of Saint Tim", The Guardian, 24 April 2007
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