Patrick Wolrige-Gordon
Wolridge-Gordon in 1958
Member of Parliament
for East Aberdeenshire
In office
20 November 1958 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byRobert Boothby
Succeeded byDouglas Henderson
Personal details
Born10 August 1935
Ellon, Aberdeenshire
Died22 May 2002 (aged 66)
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire
SpouseAnne Marie Howard
Children3
Parent(s)Captain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, Joan Walter
OccupationPolitician

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (10 August 1935 – 22 May 2002), was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician.

Biography

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was one of twin sons of Captain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, MC and his wife Joan Walter, the daughter of Dame Flora MacLeod, the 28th Chief of the Clan MacLeod. He was educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford and served as a lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His great-uncle was the Brigadier General Robert Gordon Gilmour of Craigmillar and Liberton.

Career

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was elected Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Aberdeenshire in November 1958 at a by-election when he was still an undergraduate. At 23, he was at the time the youngest MP.[1]

He married Anne Marie Howard, daughter of journalist Peter Howard and tennis player Doris Metaxa, in 1962. He became involved through Howard in Frank Buchman's Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement, which attracted much negative comment. He fell out with his local association over the matter and was defeated in the February 1974 general election by the Scottish National Party candidate Douglas Henderson.

Global policy

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.[2][3] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[4]

Honours

He was appointed a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights in 1966.

Family

Patrick Wolrige-Gordon had a son and two daughters. His twin brother, John Wolrige-Gordon (1935–2007), changed his name to John MacLeod of MacLeod to take up the role of 29th Clan Chieftain, which he inherited from their grandmother.

References

  1. ↑ "Undergraduate as Youngest M.P.". The Daily Telegraph. Bristol. 22 November 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 15 July 2023.


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