1. Tristan Garel-Jones's parents established successful language schools in Spain during this time.
13 Facts About Tristan Garel-Jones
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Tristan Garel-Jones moved back to the United Kingdom and worked as a merchant banker prior to embarking on a career in politics.
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Tristan Garel-Jones first contested Caernarvon in February 1974, but was defeated by the future leader of Plaid Cymru, Dafydd Wigley.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was elected for Watford at the 1979 General Election.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was seen as being to blame for the "growing wetness" of Thatcher's government.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was a leading pro-European, and remained so, despite the Conservative party moving to a more Eurosceptic position by the end of the Thatcher era.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was a supporter of Humanists UK, and a vice chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.
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In 1966, Tristan Garel-Jones married Catalina Garrigues Carnicer, niece of the Spanish bullfighting critic Antonio Diaz-Canabate.
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Tristan Garel-Jones lived in Candeleda, Spain, and died there on 23 March 2020.
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Tristan Garel-Jones was a firm atheist and humanist, but held strong respect for the right to freedom of religion or belief.
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Tristan Garel-Jones built a chapel for his wife Catalina on his estate so that she could practice her religion comfortably, as well as a bench outside the chapel where he could "smoke and contemplate more worldly concerns".
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Tristan Garel-Jones was portrayed by Hugh Fraser in the 2004 BBC production of The Alan Clark Diaries, and by Guy Henry in 2009's Margaret.