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Michael Grylls

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Sir (William) Michael John Grylls (21 February, 19347 February, 2001) was a British Conservative politician.

Grylls was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and at the Universities of Paris and Madrid. He became a wine and tobacco importer and served as a councillor on St. Pancras Borough Council and was elected to the Greater London Council for the Cities of London and Westminster 1967-70.

Grylls contested Fulham in 1964 and 1966. He was Member of Parliament for Chertsey from 1970 to February 1974, then for Surrey North West until his retirement in 1997.

Sources

  • Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition.
  • Michael Grylls obituary, The Guardian.