Michael Grylls
| Michael Grylls | |
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| Member of Parliament for North West Surrey |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Chertsey |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Lionel Heald |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 February 1934 Folkestone, Kent, England |
| Died | 7 February 2001 (aged 66) England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Smiles Justice Ford |
| Alma mater |
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth University of Madrid |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | Royal Marines |
Sir William Michael John Grylls (21 February 1934 – 7 February 2001), known as Michael Grylls, was a British Conservative politician. He was implicated in the cash-for-questions affair, a political scandal of the 1990s. He is the father of adventurer and Chief Scout Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls.
The son of William Edward Harvey Grylls, O.B.E., of Winterbourne Zelston House, Blandford, Dorset, a Brigadier in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars of a family that can be traced back to 17th century Cornwall, he was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. His eyesight was not good enough for the Navy, so he joined the Royal Marines, and saw active service, leaving in 1955, and studying Spanish at the University of Madrid.
He turned his hand to business, setting up a wine importing firm called the 'Costa Brava Company'. His description of some of his products as "Spanish champagne" provoked the ire of both the makers of genuine champagne and its London importers; he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for trading under a false description, but they won a civil action against him for "passing off", i.e. misrepresenting his goods by using someone else's trademark.
From 1959 he served as a councillor on St. Pancras Borough Council, and was elected to the Greater London Council for the Cities of London and Westminster from 1967-70.
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