Stanley Johnson (writer)

For other people named Stanley Johnson, see Stanley Johnson (disambiguation).

Stanley Johnson
Johnson in 2011
Member of the European Parliament
for Wight and Hampshire East
In office
7 June 1979 – 14 June 1984
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRichard Simmonds
Personal details
Born
Stanley Patrick Johnson

(1940-08-18) 18 August 1940 (age 84)
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • France[1]
Political partyConservative (1979–2024) [2]
Spouses
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    (m. 1963; div. 1979)​
  • Jennifer Kidd
    ​
    (m. 1981)​
Children
Parents
  • Wilfred Johnson (father)
  • Irene Williams (mother)
Relatives
EducationExeter College, Oxford (BA)
Columbia University
Stanley Johnson's voice
Desert Island Discs, 18 May 2008 from the BBC programme Profile, 4 August 2012[3]

Stanley Patrick Johnson (born 18 August 1940) is a British-French[4] author[5] and former politician who was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wight and Hampshire East from 1979 to 1984. A former employee of the World Bank and the European Commission, he has written books on environmental and population issues. His six children include Boris Johnson, who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

  1. ^ "Stanley Johnson becomes French to keep link with EU". BBC. 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ Hazell, Will (3 July 2024). "Watch: Stanley Johnson admits he will be voting 'tactically' for Lib dem". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ "Stanley Johnson". Profile. 4 August 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Stanley Johnson becomes French to keep link with EU".
  5. ^ "Family of influence behind Boris Johnson". UK Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2019.