Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff
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Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff, Baron Tordoff (born 11 October 1928) is a British businessman.
The son of Stanley Acomb Tordoff, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Manchester. Tordoff worked for Shell from 1950 to 1983, first as marketing executive of Shell Chemicals, then as public affairs manager for Shell UK. Between 1986 and 1992, he was Honorary President of the British Youth Council, between 1990 and 1994, chair of the of the Middle East Committee of the Refugee Council as well as member of the Press Complaints Commission between 1995 and 2002.
Tordoff contested Northwich in the 1964 general election and Knutsford in the 1966 general election and 1970 general election. On 11 May 1981, he was made a life peer as Baron Tordoff, of Knutsford in the County of Cheshire and sits for the Liberal Democrats.
Since 1953, he has been married to Mary Patricia Swarbrick. They have three daughters and two sons.
