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Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, based on 22 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

22 records1907–198017 events5 places

Chronological biography

1907

Birth of Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker7 April 1907

Politics / Labour Party · Worthing

Birth of Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker

1935

Election1935

Politics / Labour Party · Oxford

First stands for Parliament in the 1935 general election, unsuccessful in the Conservative-held Oxford constituency

1945

Parliamentary Private Secretary1945

Government / Labour Party Government · Parliamentary Private Secretary

Appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Herbert Morrison, the Leader of the House of Commons

Member of Parliament1 October 1945

Politics / Labour Party · Member of Parliament for Smethwick · Smethwick

Elected Member of Parliament for Smethwick in a by-election after Labour's Alfred Dobbs was killed in a car accident one day after winning the seat at the 1945 general election

1950

Commonwealth1950

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of Commonwealth

Appointed Commonwealth Secretary

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office1950

Government / Labour Party Government · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office

Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office

Secretary1950

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of Commonwealth

Appointed Commonwealth Secretary

1963

Shadow Minister1963

Politics / Labour Party · Shadow Foreign Secretary

Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary

1964

Election1964

Politics / Labour Party · Smethwick

Defeated at the Smethwick election to a Conservative candidate who campaigns with the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbour, vote Labour"

Visit to Moscow1964

Government / Labour Party Government · Shadow Foreign Secretary · Moscow

Wilson & Walker visit Khrushchev & reach a "friendly understanding" except for Berlin

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain16 October 1964

Government / Labour Party Government · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Minister

1965

ElectionJanuary 1965

Government / Labour Party Government · Leyton

Loses the Leyton by-election, considerred a safe Labour seat

ElectionJanuary 1965

Government / Labour Party Government · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Forced to resign after losing the Leyton by-election

Resignation of Patrick Chrestien Gordon WalkerJanuary 1965

Government / Labour Party Government · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Forced to resign after losing the Leyton by-election

1966

Election1966

Government / Labour Party Government · Member of Parliament for Leyton

Elected Member of Parliament for Leyton

Member of Parliament1966

Government / Labour Party Government · Member of Parliament for Leyton

Elected Member of Parliament for Leyton

1967

Minister Without Portfolio1967

Government / Labour Party Government · Minister Without Portfolio

Appointed Minister without Portfolio

Secretary of State for Education and Science1967

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of State for Education and Science

Appointed Secretary of State for Education and Science

1968

Companion of Honour1968

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of State for Education and Science

Retires from the Cabinet and awarded the Companion of Honour

1974

RetirementFebruary 1974

Politics / Labour Party

Retires from the House of Commons

PeerageJuly 1974

Politics / Labour Party · Leyton

Created a life peer as Baron Gordon-Walker, of Leyton in Greater London

1980

Death of Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker2 December 1980

Politics / Labour Party

Death of Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker

Titles and roles

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain · Member of Parliament for Leyton · Member of Parliament for Smethwick · Minister Without Portfolio · Parliamentary Private Secretary · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office · Secretary of Commonwealth · Secretary of State for Education and Science · Shadow Foreign Secretary

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.