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The Right Honourable The Lord Patten PC

Secretary of State for Education
In office 10 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Kenneth Clarke (Education and Science)
Succeeded by	Gillian Shephard
Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon
In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Evan Harris
Member of Parliament for Oxford
In office 3 May 1979 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by	Evan Luard
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished

Personal details
Born	(1945-07-17) 17 July 1945 (age 79)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, PC (born 17 July 1945) is a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. He was raised Roman Catholic, and educated by the Jesuits at Wimbledon College before graduating from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

He was first elected for Oxford in 1979, transferring to Oxford West and Abingdon in 1983 after boundary changes divided his old seat. He stood down at the 1997 general election. The seat was subsequently won by the Liberal Democrat Evan Harris.

He served as Secretary of State for Education from 1992 to 1994. 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.

He was made a life peer as Baron Patten, of Wincanton in the County of Somerset, in 1997.

He is married to the businesswoman Louise Patten, Lady Patten, and they have one daughter, Mary-Claire Patten..

References

"The secrets of Saint Tim", The Guardian, 24 April 2007
Louise Patten, Evening Standard, 2009-08-27

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Patten

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byEvan Luard	Member of Parliament for Oxford 1979–1983	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon 1983–1997	Succeeded byEvan Harris
Political offices
Preceded byKenneth Clarkeas Secretary of State for Education and Science	Secretary of State for Education 1992–1994	Succeeded byGillian Shephard

v t e Major Cabinet
Cabinet Members	Jonathan Aitken Kenneth Baker Virginia Bottomley Peter Brooke Kenneth Clarke Viscount Cranborne Stephen Dorrell Michael Forsyth Roger Freeman John Gummer William Hague Jeremy Hanley Michael Heseltine Douglas Hogg Michael Howard David Hunt Douglas Hurd Tom King Norman Lamont Ian Lang Peter Lilley John MacGregor Lord Mackay John Major Brian Mawhinney Patrick Mayhew David Mellor Tony Newton Chris Patten John Patten Michael Portillo John Redwood Malcolm Rifkind Gillian Shephard Lord Waddington Lord Wakeham William Waldegrave George Young
Also attended meetings	Norman Fowler Alastair Goodlad Richard Ryder

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