John Loveridge

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Sir John Loveridge
Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch
In office
1970 – February 1974
Preceded byAlan Lee Williams
Succeeded byAlan Lee Williams
Majority5,830
Member of Parliament
for Upminster
In office
February 1974 – 1983
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byNicholas Bonsor
Personal details
Born(1925-09-09)9 September 1925
Bowdon, Cheshire, England
Died13 November 2007(2007-11-13) (aged 82)
London, England
Political partyConservative

Sir John Warren Loveridge (9 September 1925 – 13 November 2007) was a British

secretarial college, a farmer in the West Country, and a published poet and an abstract sculptor.[1]

Early life

Loveridge was born in

secretarial college in Hampstead, in 1921.[2][3] He was educated privately, and studied engineering at St John's College, Cambridge. After graduating, he worked in aviation, developing fighter aircraft from 1945 to 1947, but soon became the Vice-Principal of St Godric's College. He became Principal in 1954, retaining that position until the college closed in 1990.[4] Author John Fowles taught at the college for nearly 10 years.[5] Loveridge assisted a son, Michael, to founding Devonshire House Preparatory School,[6] Loveridge and his wife also ran Lyndhurst House Preparatory School,[7][8] both in Hampstead.[1]

Political career

Loveridge fought several elections for the

Hampstead Borough Council from 1953 to 1959. He became a magistrate in London in 1963, but also acquired farming interests in the West Country. He bought the 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) Bindon Manor estate near Axmouth in Devon in 1962, and restored the house.[9]

He fought

Girdlers' Company.[9]

After Parliament

He retired to his farm in Devon, where his artistic side flourished in later years. He exhibited his contemporary sculptures and paintings in Devon, and held one-man exhibitions at the

Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2000 and at Norwich Cathedral in 2001. He was also a published poet, with works including God Save the Queen: sonnets of Elizabeth I (1981), Hunter of the Moon (1983) and Hunter of the Sun (1984). He also published two books on sculpture, New Sculpture in Stone, Metal, Wood and Glass (2000) and To Seek Is To Find (2005),[9] and one on business matters.[6]

Family

He married Jean Chivers in 1954. They had three sons and two daughters. He died in London in 2007 aged 82.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Obituary in The Independent, 20 November 2007 Archived 21 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Obituary in The Guardian, 8 January 2008". Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^ "ST. GODRic's COLLEGE LIMITED, NW3 6AE : Companies House Number 01787326". Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ "ST. GODRic's COLLEGE LIMITED - Officers (Free information from Companies House)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ISBN 9780810125155
    .
  6. ^ a b c d "Obituary in The Times, 21 November 2007". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
  7. ISBN 9781904724612. Archived
    from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Hampstead: Education | British History Online". Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Obituary in The Daily Telegraph, 29 November 2007[dead link]

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