Following the war he attended Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied history. He became involved in Conservative politics, being appointed as private political secretary to Arthur Balfour from 1925 to 1929. He unsuccessfully stood for election in 1929inDenbigh, and 1931inDarwen.[1]
He was private secretary to the first Viscount Hailsham from 1932 to 1935. In the latter year he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral. He was a member of the Anglo-Polish Parliamentary Committee, and published a book entitled Does Poland matter to Britain? An indictment of political isolationism, a cry for justice and for Christianity in action.[2]
He was married twice. His first marriage was to Marion du Plessis of Cape Town with whom he had two daughters. They were divorced in 1948, and in 1953 he married Marie Antoinette Louise Pavluc. The second marriage produced a son and daughter.[1]
