Patrick Gordon Walker

Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, CH, PC (7 April 1907 – 2 December 1980) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly 30 years and twice a cabinet minister. He lost his Smethwick parliamentary seat at the 1964 general election in a bitterly-racial campaign conducted in the wake of local factory closures.

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Gordon Walker, not Walker.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Gordon-Walker
CH PC
Gordon Walker in 1969
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
29 August 1967 – 6 April 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byAnthony Crosland
Succeeded byEdward Short
Minister without Portfolio
In office
6 April 1966 – 29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPeter Carington
Succeeded byGeorge Thomson
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
16 October 1964 – 22 January 1965
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byRab Butler
Succeeded byMichael Stewart
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
14 February 1963 – 16 October 1964
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byHarold Wilson
Succeeded byRab Butler
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
13 May 1957 – 12 March 1962
LeaderHugh Gaitskell
Preceded byKenneth Younger
Succeeded byGeorge Brown
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byPhilip Noel-Baker
Succeeded byThe Lord Ismay
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
7 October 1947 – 28 February 1950
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byArthur Bottomley
Succeeded byAngus Holden
Member of Parliament
for Leyton
In office
31 March 1966 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byRonald Buxton
Succeeded byBryan Magee
Member of Parliament
for Smethwick
In office
1 October 1945 – 25 September 1964
Preceded byAlfred Dobbs
Succeeded byPeter Griffiths
Personal details
Born
Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker

(1907-04-07)7 April 1907
Worthing, Sussex, England
Died2 December 1980(1980-12-02) (aged 73)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Audrey Muriel Rudolf
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(m. 1934)​
Children5
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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