Name Tim Fortescue Role British Politician | Died September 29, 2008 Party Conservative Party | |
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Tim Fortescue from Westminster s Secret Service BBC 1995
Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE (28 August 1916 – 29 September 2008), known as Tim Fortescue, was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Garston from 1966 to 1974.
Contents
- Tim Fortescue from Westminster s Secret Service BBC 1995
- Early life
- Career
- Revelations about paedophilia in the House of Commons
- References
Early life
Fortescue was born on 28 August 1916 in Chingford, Essex, England. He was educated at Uppingham School, an independent school in Uppingham, Rutland. He then went up to King's College, Cambridge to study modern languages.
Career
Fortescue was first elected to Parliament in the 1966 general election. He was re-elected to the 1970 general election and, having been appointed by Edward Heath as an assistant whip under Francis Pym, served as a senior whip, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1971 until he resigned in September 1973. He retired from the Commons at the February 1974 general election at which the Labour candidate was elected.
Revelations about paedophilia in the House of Commons
Fortescue worked as a whip in Edward Heath’s government between 1970 and 1973. In a 1995 BBC documentary, Westminster’s Secret Service, he said the following about what the Whips would do for MPs who were in danger of being mired in scandal: