Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent

British Baron

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1901

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1986

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent

  • Patrick Robin Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent (26 October 1901 – 2 January 1986), was a British peer and Conservative politician. Derwent was the younger son of Hon.
  • Edward Henry Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, younger son of Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent.
  • His mother was Evelyn Mary Agar-Ellis.
  • He was educated at Charterhouse School.
  • He succeeded as fourth Baron Derwent on the death of his elder brother in 1949 and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords.
  • In September 1962 Derwent was appointed Minister of State for Trade in the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan, and when Sir Alec Douglas-Home became Prime Minister in October 1963 he was promoted to Minister of State for Home Affairs.
  • He retained this post until the Conservative loss in the 1964 general election.
  • He never held ministerial office again but served for many years as a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords. Lord Derwent married Marie-Louise Henriette Picard, daughter of Albert Picard of Paris, France, in 1929.
  • He died in January 1986, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Robin Evelyn Leo Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone.

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