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Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, (7 April 1907 – 2 December 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.[1]

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  1. 92 relations: Alfred Dobbs, Angus Holden, 3rd Baron Holden, Anthony Crosland, Apartheid, Arthur Bottomley, Attlee ministry, Bachelor of Letters, BBC, BBC German Service, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, British Army, British Film Institute, Bryan Magee, Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Chichester, Christ Church, Oxford, Churchill Archives Centre, Clement Attlee, Commonwealth of Nations, Conservative Party (UK), Dictionary of National Biography, Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, February 1974 United Kingdom general election, Foreign Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, George Brown, Baron George-Brown, George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, Greater London, Harold Wilson, Harvill Secker, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Herbert Morrison, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell, Hutchinson Heinemann, Independent progressive, Indian Civil Service, Ivor Davies (politician), Kenneth Younger, Labour Party (UK), Leader of the House of Commons, Leyton, Leyton (UK Parliament constituency), Liberal Party (UK), Life peer, London, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of the European Parliament, Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, ... Expand index (42 more) »

  2. British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs
  3. People from Worthing

Alfred Dobbs

Alfred James Dobbs (18 June 1882 – 27 July 1945) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. Patrick Gordon Walker and Alfred Dobbs are uK MPs 1945–1950.

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Angus Holden, 3rd Baron Holden

Angus William Eden Holden, 3rd Baron Holden and 4th Baronet Holden (1 August 1898 – 6 July 1951), was a British Liberal then Labour politician.

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Anthony Crosland

Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 191819 February 1977) was a British Labour Party politician and author. Patrick Gordon Walker and Anthony Crosland are British Secretaries of State for Education, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs 1970–1974.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Arthur Bottomley

Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC (7 February 1907 – 3 November 1995) was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister. Patrick Gordon Walker and Arthur Bottomley are Labour Party (UK) life peers, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs 1970–1974.

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Attlee ministry

Clement Attlee was invited by King George VI to form the Attlee ministry in the United Kingdom in July 1945, succeeding Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Bachelor of Letters

Bachelor of Letters (BLitt or LittB; Latin Baccalaureus Litterarum or Litterarum Baccalaureus) is a second bachelor's degree in which students specialize in an area of study relevant to their own personal, professional, or academic development.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC German Service

The Londoner Rundfunk (English: German Service) of the BBC was a German language radio service running from 1938 until 1999 as part of the wider BBC European Service.

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom.

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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Bryan Magee

Bryan Edgar Magee (12 April 1930 – 26 July 2019) was a British philosopher, broadcaster, politician and author, best known for bringing philosophy to a popular audience.

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Cabinet of the United Kingdom

The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædes, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Churchill Archives Centre

The Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge is one of the largest repositories in the United Kingdom for the preservation and study of modern personal papers.

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Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Patrick Gordon Walker and Clement Attlee are members of the Fabian Society, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, (17 December 1912 – 4 May 2012) was a British Labour Party politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Patrick Gordon Walker and Edward Short, Baron Glenamara are British Secretaries of State for Education, Labour Party (UK) life peers, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970, uK MPs 1970–1974 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974.

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Foreign Secretary

The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also known as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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George Brown, Baron George-Brown

George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown, (2 September 1914 – 2 June 1985), was a British Labour Party politician who was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970 and held several Cabinet roles under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, including Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. Patrick Gordon Walker and George Brown, Baron George-Brown are British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, Labour Party (UK) life peers, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth

George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, (16 January 1921 – 3 October 2008) was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour MP. Patrick Gordon Walker and George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth are Labour Party (UK) life peers, members of the Fabian Society, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970, uK MPs 1970–1974 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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Greater London

Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.

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Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. Patrick Gordon Walker and Harold Wilson are Labour Party (UK) life peers, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs 1970–1974.

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Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.

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Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO. Patrick Gordon Walker and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay are members of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

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Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet as a member of the Labour Party. Patrick Gordon Walker and Herbert Morrison are British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, Labour Party (UK) life peers, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. Patrick Gordon Walker and Hugh Gaitskell are members of the Fabian Society, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959 and uK MPs 1959–1964.

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Hutchinson Heinemann

Hutchinson Heinemann is a British publishing firm founded in 1887.

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Independent progressive

Independent progressive is a description used both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to denote a political progressive who lacks a formal affiliation to a party.

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Indian Civil Service

The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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Ivor Davies (politician)

Ivor Roland Morgan Davies CBE (12 August 1915 – November/December 1986) was a British Liberal Party politician, journalist and United Nations Association administrator.

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Kenneth Younger

Sir Kenneth Gilmour Younger KBE (15 December 1908 – 19 May 1976) was a British Labour politician and barrister who served in junior government posts during the Attlee government and was an opposition spokesman under Hugh Gaitskell but retired from Parliament early, disillusioned by party politics. Patrick Gordon Walker and Kenneth Younger are members of the Fabian Society, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955 and uK MPs 1955–1959.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Leader of the House of Commons

The leader of the House of Commons is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom whose main role is organising government business in the House of Commons.

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Leyton

Leyton is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Leyton in North-East London.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Member of the European Parliament

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham

Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, (6 November 1906 – 10 March 1990) was a British Labour Party politician, life peer and Fabian Socialist who was a Member of Parliament for 34 years, and served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson. Patrick Gordon Walker and Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham are British Secretaries of State for Education, British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, Labour Party (UK) MEPs, Labour Party (UK) life peers, MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–1979, members of the Fabian Society, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs 1970–1974.

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Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, or often attends cabinet.

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Nazi concentration camps

From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (Konzentrationslager), including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.

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Nigger

In the English language, nigger is a racial slur directed at black people.

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Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. Patrick Gordon Walker and order of the Companions of Honour are members of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

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Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)

Oxford was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, comprising the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Parliamentary Private Secretary

A parliamentary private secretary (PPS) is a member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a government minister or a shadow minister.

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

The parliamentary under-secretary of state (or just parliamentary secretary, particularly in departments not led by a Secretary of State) is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.

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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, (6 June 1919 – 9July 2018), was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.

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Peter Griffiths

Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2013) was a British Conservative politician best known for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, against the national trend, by using anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.

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Philip Noel-Baker

Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. Patrick Gordon Walker and Philip Noel-Baker are Labour Party (UK) life peers, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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The Popular Front in the United Kingdom attempted an alliance between political parties and individuals of the left and centre-left in the late 1930s to come together to challenge the appeasement policies of the National Government led by Neville Chamberlain.

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Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (9 October 1907 – 12 October 2001), known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963, at which point he disclaimed his hereditary peerage, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. Patrick Gordon Walker and Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone are British Secretaries of State for Education, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1959–1964, uK MPs 1966–1970, uK MPs 1970–1974 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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Rab Butler

Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), also known as R. A. Patrick Gordon Walker and Rab Butler are British Secretaries of State for Education, British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, uK MPs 1945–1950, uK MPs 1950–1951, uK MPs 1951–1955, uK MPs 1955–1959, uK MPs 1959–1964 and uK MPs who were granted peerages.

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Radio Luxembourg

Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg.

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Ronald Buxton (British politician)

Ronald Carlile Buxton (20 August 1923 – 10 January 2017) was a Chartered Structural Engineer, successful businessman, and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Ruth Williams Khama

Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (née Williams; 9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount Chief of its Bamangwato tribe.

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Safe seat

A safe seat is an electoral district which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both.

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Sandie Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, (14 May 1879 – 18 March 1952), known as Sandie Lindsay, was a Scottish academic and peer.

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Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The secretary of state for Commonwealth relations was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies).

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Secretary of State for Education

The office of Secretary of State for Education, also referred to as Education Secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education.

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Seretse Khama

Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.

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Shadow Home Secretary

In British politics, the shadow home secretary (formally known as the shadow secretary of state for the home department) is the person within the shadow cabinet who shadows the home secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, and matters of citizenship.

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Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

In UK politics, the shadow secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office.

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Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Smethwick is a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in Staffordshire.

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Smethwick in the 1964 general election

The constituency of Smethwick in the West Midlands of England gained national media coverage at the 1964 general election, when Peter Griffiths of the Conservative Party gained the seat against the national trend, amidst controversy concerning racism.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations

The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966.

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Victor Gollancz Ltd

Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century and continues to publish science fiction and fantasy titles as an imprint of Orion Publishing Group.

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Wellington College, Berkshire

Wellington College is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Worthing

Worthing is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester.

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1935 United Kingdom general election

The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November.

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1938 Oxford by-election

The 1938 Oxford by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Oxford, held on 27 October 1938.

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1945 Smethwick by-election

The 1945 Smethwick by-election was a by-election held on 1 October 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Smethwick in Staffordshire (now in the West Midlands county).

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1945 United Kingdom general election

The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on Thursday 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some days, and the counting of votes was delayed until 26 July to provide time for overseas votes to be brought to Britain.

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1951 United Kingdom general election

The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held twenty months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats.

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1964 United Kingdom general election

The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964.

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1965 Leyton by-election

The 1965 Leyton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 January 1965 for the House of Commons constituency of Leyton in east London.

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1966 United Kingdom general election

The 1966 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 31 March 1966.

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See also

British Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs

People from Worthing

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Gordon_Walker

Also known as Baron Gordon-Walker, Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Patrick Chrestien Gordon-Walker, Patrick Chrestien Gordon-Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, Patrick Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon Walker, Patrick Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walkar, Patrick Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, Patrick Gordon-Walker.

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