Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 10 February 1994 – 17 December 2019 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Richard Henry Wright 28 June 1931 |
| Died | 6 March 2020 (aged 88)[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse |
Virginia Anne Gaffney
(m. 1958) |
| Children | 3, including Angus Wright |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
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Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond,
He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher from 10 February 1994 until his retirement on 17 December 2019.[2]
Background
Patrick Wright was the son of Herbert and Rachel Wright. He was educated at Marlborough College. Having served in the Royal Artillery in 1950 and 1951, he went up to Merton College, Oxford where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literae humaniores in 1955.[3]
Diplomatic career
He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1955 and went to study
Sir Patrick Wright was appointed
Post retirement
In 1991, Lord Wright became a director of
Between 1993 and 2002, he was a member of the
Honours
In the 1978 New Year Honours, Wright was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Companion (CMG),[8] promoted to be a Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1984 Birthday Honours,[9] and again to be a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in the 1989 Birthday Honours.[10] One year later he was appointed to the Order of St John as a Knight (KStJ).[11] In the 1994 New Year Honours, it was announced that he would become a life peer[12] and he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wright of Richmond, of Richmond upon Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on 10 February 1994.[13][14]
Family
Patrick Wright married Virginia Anne Gaffney in 1958.[3] They had two sons, Marcus (born 1959) and Angus (born 1964), and one daughter, Olivia, Lady McDonald (born 1963), wife of Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford (later also Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service).
Arms
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References
- ^ SMcDonaldFCO (7 March 2020). "Patrick Wright (Lord Wright of Richmond) was PUS @foreignoffice 1986-1991; always professional & passionate about public service, he had boundless energy, curiosity & kindness; his sense of humour & duty never failed. Model man & permanent secretary, also model father-in-law. RIP". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Lord Wright of Richmond, parliament.uk, 18 December 2019
- ^ a b c d e Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 430.
- ^ "No. 47476". The London Gazette. 28 February 1978. p. 2598.
- ^ "No. 48055". The London Gazette. 3 January 1980. p. 64.
- ISBN 0-11-591707-1
- ^ "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
- ^ "No. 47418". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1977. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1989. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 52203". The London Gazette. 5 July 1990. p. 11475.
- ^ "No. 53527". The London Gazette. 30 December 1993. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 53590". The London Gazette. 16 February 1994. p. 2393.
- ^ "No. 23527". The Edinburgh Gazette. 15 February 1994. p. 339.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
External links
- WRIGHT OF RICHMOND, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg
