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The son of Rudolph Goodhew of Mannings Heath , Sussex , he married Sylvia Johnson in 1940, later divorcing, then, in 1951, Suzanne Gordon-Burge and finally in 1972 Eva Rittinghausen, divorcing in 1981. He has one son and one daughter by his first marriage. He served in the Royal Air Force 1939-1946, was Commander of the Airborne Radar Unit attached to the 6th Airborne Division. He was promoted to Squadron-Leader in 1945. Goodhew served as a councillor on the Westminster City Council 1953-59, and the London County Council 1958-61. He contested the parliamentary seat of Paddington North for the Conservative Party in 1955, and was elected Member of Parliament in October 1959 for St Albans , Hertfordshire , a seat he held until 1983, when he stood down following a heart attack. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Charles Ian Orr-Ewing , Civil Lord Of The Admiralty , 1962-63, PPS to the Hon. Thomas Galbraith MP , (Joint Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport) 1963-64, Assistant Government Whip, June-Oct 1970, a Lord Commissioner to Her Majesty's Treasury 1970-73, Member, Speaker's Panel of Chairman 1975-83, served on the Select Committee for House Of Commons Services 1978-83, was a House of Commons Commissioner 1979-83, Joint Secretary to the 1922 Committee 1979-83, and was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Defence Committee 1974-83. An early member (1962) of the Conservative Monday Club he took part, with four other MPs, in a Club public meeting in January 1962 which affirmed support for Sir Roy Welensky and the Central African Federation , and Rhodesia, and criticised the policies of the then Colonial Secretary , Iain McLeod . In 1970 the Club held a 'Law and Liberty' May Day rally in Trafalgar Square in answer to the left-wing 'Stop the Seveties Tour' campaign designed to stop the South Africa n cricket tour. Several of the Club's MPs spoke, including Victor Goodhew. During the 1979 General Election campaign, several Monday Club activists campaigned for Goodhew in St Albans, including John Bullen Stean (Chairman of the Club's Media Committee), and Gregory Lauder-Frost . Both also campaigned there for Goodhew's successor in that seat, Peter Lilley . REFERENCES
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