Julian Critchley

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley (8 December 1930–9 September 2000) was a politician in the United Kingdom, educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament, firstly for Rochester and Chatham from 1959 to 1964, and then for Aldershot from 1970 until his retirement at the 1997 election. He was knighted in 1995.

He was a childhood friend of Michael Heseltine while they were both at Shrewsbury, and supported him in the 1990 leadership election.

After his retirement he was expelled from the mainstream Conservative party for backing the Pro-Euro Conservative Party in the 1999 European Parliament election. He died the next year from prostate cancer aged 69. He was married twice, and had four children.

[edit] Publications

Critchley, Julian, Heseltine - The Unauthorised Biography, André Deutsch, London, September 1987, ISBN 0-233-98001-6

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Bottomley	Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham 1959–1964	Succeeded by Anne Kerr
Preceded by Sir Eric Errington	Member of Parliament for Aldershot 1970–1997	Succeeded by Gerald Howarth