Patrick Robin Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent (26 October 1901-2 January 1986), was a British

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 peer and Conservative

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 politician.

Derwent was the younger son of Hon. Edward Henry Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, younger son of Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent

Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent

Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent , known as Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, from 1869 to 1881, was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament....

. His mother was Evelyn Mary Agar-Ellis. 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

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. In September 1962 Derwent was appointed Minister of State for Trade

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 in the Conservative government

Conservative Government 1957-1964

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 of Harold Macmillan

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, 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

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. 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

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, France

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, in 1929. He died in January 1986, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Robin Evelyn Leo Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone.