Geoffrey Pattie

Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie (born 17 January 1936) is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He was educated at Durham School, and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA Honours Degree in Law. He then joined the army, becoming a captain in the Royal Green Jackets.

Member of Parliament

After being beaten by Labour's Tom Driberg at Barking in 1966 and 1970, Pattie was elected as Member of Parliament for Chertsey and Walton in February 1974 – a seat he held until his retirement in May 1997.

Ministerial Office

In May 1979, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence (RAF). From January 1983 until September 1984 he was then appointed to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Procurement and then served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement. He continued his public service as Minister of State for Industry until 1987, with responsibility for Science, Civil Aviation, Space and Technology. During his time in office he was actively involved in the initiation of a number of national and international technology projects. These included the Alvey Programme, which ceased when he left office after the 1987 General Election, and several projects of the European Commission, such as Eureka, ESPRIT and RACE.

He was appointed to the Privy Council in the 1987 New Year Honours.

Immediately after he left ministerial office he was created Knight Bachelor in the 1987 Birthday Honours List.

He was also vice-chairman of the Conservative Party in 1990

From 1959 through 1966, he served with the Queen's Royal Rifles (now 4th Royal Green Jackets TA) and achieved the rank of Captain. He is currently serving as Honorary Colonel of the 4th Royal Green Jackets since January 1996.

Sir Geoffrey was a director at advertising agency Collett Dickenson Pearce from 1966 until 1979, as managing director from 1969 to 1973. During the 1990s he held several senior marketing positions in companies belonging to GEC plc, including Marconi Defence Systems and was Marketing Director of the group itself from 1997-99. He is currently the senior partner of government relations consultancy Terrington Management. He is also President of Strategic Communication Laboratories, a strategic communications company.

• In 1987, Sir Geoffrey Pattie was knighted (Knight Bachelor) by Queen Elizabeth II.
• Sir Geoffrey Pattie was awarded the Silver Star Award from by the International Strategic Studies Association for Outstanding Contributions to Strategic Progress.
• He was elected an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge in 2007.

Sir Geoffrey is a practising Anglican and was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1970-75.