John Cordle


John Howard Cordle was a British Conservative Party politician.

Life and career

Cordle, the son of Ernest William Cordle, was educated at the City of London School and became managing director of E. W. Cordle and Son Ltd. in 1946. He was also a member of Lloyd's of London. He served as a member of the Church Assembly 1946–53, as a director of the Church Society from 1951 and of the Church of England newspaper from 1959.
Cordle contested The Wrekin in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East and Christchurch from 1959 to 1974, and after boundary changes, for Bournemouth East from 1974 to 1977, when he resigned as a result of the John Poulson scandal. David Atkinson was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.

Family

Cordle was married three times. He was first married 1938 to Grace Lucy Walkey ; by this marriage, he had issue four sons and a daughter, of whom only two sons outlived him.
He married 2ndly 1957 Venetia Caroline Maynard by whom he had issue one son and three daughters, including Marina, Viscountess Cowdray. He married 3rdly 1976 , his children's nanny who was 35 years his junior, by whom he had two sons. Only this last wife's name was included in his Who's Who entry.
By his first marriage 1938–1956:
  1. Anthony John Cordle who md 1966 Miranda Mary Marling eldest daughter of Sir John Stanley Vincent Marling, 4th Bt, and had issue 2 daus
  2. # Lucia Georgina Diana Cordle, b.11 Nov 1968
  3. # Jessica Grace Rosanne Cordle, b.1972
  4. Paul Howard Cordle
  5. Hugh Cordle
  6. Charles Cordle
  7. Roseanne Cordle
By his second marriage 1957–1971
  1. Sophie Jane Cordle
  2. Rupert Alister Peter John Cordle ; md 1989 to , a niece of Lord Bethell, and has issue, three sons.
  3. md 1 July 1987 Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray, son of Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray and his 1st wife Lady Anne Pamela Bridgeman. They have issue, two sons and three daughters.
  4. Rachel Venetia Cordle
By his third marriage 1976–2002
  1. a son
  2. a son