George Sinclair

Who was George Sinclair?

Sir George Evelyn Sinclair was Conservative MP for Dorking, Surrey from 1964.

Sinclair was a bright pupil at Abingdon School from 1923 to 1931, and one of a group known as the 'Grundy boys' - named after the then headmaster. He left the school having become Head of School, Captain of Boats, Captain of Cricket, Captain of Rugby and having won the Pembroke Scholarship. In 1969 he returned to the school as a governor. He read 'Greats' at Pembroke College, Oxford.

In 1936, Sinclair joined the Colonial Service and served with the Royal West African Frontier Force during World War II. He was deputy governor of Cyprus in the 1950s. He was knighted for his Colonial Service work in 1960.

Sinclair was a councillor on Wimbledon Borough Council from 1962. He became the Conservative Party MP for Dorking in 1964, actively campaigning on human rights, reproductive rights and environmental issues. He retired from parliamentary politics in 1978 but maintained a role notably with the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival.