Patrick Donner
Sir Patrick William Donner (4 December 1904 – 19 August 1988) was a British
His family moved from Helsinki, Finland, to London in 1919. His mother was Scottish Violet McHutchen and his father was Ossian Donner, who headed Finland's first diplomatic mission in London 1919 to 1925. The family later settled in England for good, and his father became a British citizen.
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Donner also featured as writer for New Pioneer, an anti-Semitic and pro-German journal bankrolled by Lymington and closely linked to the British People's Party.[2]
In Parliament, Donner was active on British Empire and Indian policy, playing an important part in the India Defence League. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was knighted in the 1953 Coronation Honours List. He served as Basingstoke's MP for 20 years, stepping down at the 1955 election.
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