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'''Ian Harvey''' (1914–1987) was a businessman and Conservative politician. | [[File:Ian Harvey.jpg|thumb|Ian Harvey]]'''Ian Harvey''' (1914–1987) was a businessman and Conservative politician. | ||
From 1950 to 1959 he was MP for Harrow East. In 1958 he was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. | From 1950 to 1959 he was MP for Harrow East. In 1958 he was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. | ||
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Revision as of 11:16, 19 January 2014
Ian Harvey (1914–1987) was a businessman and Conservative politician.
From 1950 to 1959 he was MP for Harrow East. In 1958 he was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office.
Resignation
In November 1958, Harvey and a Guardsman from the Coldstream Guards were found in the bushes in St James's Park and arrested; Harvey tried to escape, and attempted to give a false name on arrest. Both were charged with gross indecency and breach of the park regulations; at the trial, the indecency charge was dropped and both were fined £5.[1] Harvey subsequently resigned his ministerial post and his seat in Parliament; he paid the guardsman's fine as well as his own.[2]
Following his resignation, Ian Harvey returned to his previous work in public relations. In 1972 he was appointed a Vice-President of CHE, and from 1980 onwards he was Chairman of the Conservative Group for Homosexual Equality.
He wrote about his life in a book, To fall like Lucifer.
References
<references>
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/226643.stm "A history of Christmas scandal past", BBC News Online, 22 December 1998
- ↑ Alan Doig, "Westminster Babylon: Sex, money and scandal in British politics" (Allison and Busby, 1990), page 57.