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Patricia, daughter of Cecil Burnam, OBE, FRCSE. Educated: Westminster, Served in War of 1939-45, enlisted in Middlesex Yeomanry 39; Commissioned in Royal Artillery 1940; Military Experimental Officer in Petroleum Warfare Department, 1943-46, when released to reserve with rank of Major. Called
to English Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1946; Southern Rhodesian Bar, 1947. Visited Greece as guest of Greek Govt in 1947 and 49 to observe Communist war there and children's refugee camps. Retained as diplomatic correspondent, Birmingham Post from Jan 1950 until election to Parliament. Contested Bursham, 1945; Ladywood Division of Birmingham, 1950. PPS to Under Secretary of State, Home Office, 1953-55, to Minister of Supply, 1956-57, to Paymaster General 1957-59 and to President of Board of Trade, 1959-61, Director: Kleinwort Benson Europe SA; Sir Lindsay Parkinson Ltd; Arawak Trust Co Ltd (Bahamas); Sqibb A/S; Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd; West End and Exter Builders; Arawak Trust (Caymans) Ltd; Deltan Ltd (Toronto); Delzolto Enterprises (Toronto); Gibralter Building Society. Lord of the Manor of Mawddwy. Commander Order of Phoenix, Greece 1963. (Sithari) Star of Pakistan, 1st class, 1964. Former member, Select Committee on Overseas Aid; former joint vice-chairman, Conservative Parliamentary, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee, Recreations: Shooting, fishing, skiing. Address: Cwmllecoediog, Aberrangell, Montgomeryshire, Tel: Commaes Road 430; Kingswear Castle, South Devon; 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, WC 2. Club: Carlton.
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MR BERNARD CONLAN (Labour) Gateshead East
CONLAN, Bernard; MP (Labour) Gateshead (East) since 1964; Engineer; born 24 October 1923; married; one daughter. Educated: Manchester Primary and Secondary Schools. Member of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, 1940-, Officer, 1943 - City Councillor, Manchester, 1954 - Joined Labour Party, 1942; contested (Labour) High Peak, 1959. Address: House of Commons, SW1; 33 Beccles Road, Sale, Cheshire.
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MR GEOFFREY FINSBERG (Conservative) Camden, Hampstead
FINSBERG, Geoffrey, MBE 1959; JP, MP(C) Hampstead, since 1970; Controller of Personnel, Great Universal Stores, since 1968; Deputy Chairman, GUS Transport Ltd; born 13 June 1926; only son of Monte Finsberg, MC, and May Finsberg (nee Grossman); married 1969 Pamela Benbow Noel. Educated: City of London School. National Chairman, Young Conservatives, 1954-57; Member, Executive Committee, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, (Member Executive Committee, Greater London Area, 1949 - Contested Islington East, 1955. Borough Councillor: Hampstead, 1949-65; Camden 1964 - (Leader 1968-70). Member, Trustee Savings Bank Parliamentary Committee; Honorary Secretary of the Anglo-Austrian
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