Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Derwent
Honorific-Suffix:CBE
Office2:Minister of State for Home Affairs
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Primeminister2:Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Term Start2:23 October 1963
Term End2:16 October 1964
Predecessor2:The Earl Jellicoe
Successor2:Alice Bacon
Office3:Minister of State for Trade
Term Start3:6 September 1962
Term End3:23 October 1963
Monarch3:Elizabeth II
Primeminister3:Harold Macmillan
Predecessor3:Alan Green
Successor3:The Lord Drumalbyn
Office15:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start16:13 January 1949
Term End16:2 January 1986
Hereditary peerage
Predecessor16:The 3rd Baron Derwent
Successor16:The 5th Baron Derwent
Birth Date:26 October 1901
Party:Conservative Party

Patrick Robin Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent (26 October 1901 – 2 January 1986), was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Derwent was the younger son of Hon. Edward Henry Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, younger son of Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent. His mother was Evelyn Mary Agar-Ellis. He was educated at Sandroyd School then Charterhouse School. He succeeded as fourth Baron Derwent on the death of his elder brother, George Harcourt Vanden-Bampde-Johnstone, 3rd Baron Derwent, in 1949 and took his seat in the House of Lords. In September 1962, Derwent was appointed Minister of State for Trade in the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan, 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. 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, France, in 1929. He died on 2 January 1986, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Robin Evelyn Leo Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone.

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