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Sir Harry Neil Marten PC -LRB- 3 December 1916 -- 22 December 1985 -RRB- was a British Conservative Party politician .. Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Conservative Party. Conservative Party ( UK ). Born in Lambeth , Marten was educated at Rossall School .. Lambeth. Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth. Rossall School. Rossall School. During World War II he was parachuted into France to work with French resistance and later served with Norwegian resistance .. World War II. World War II. French resistance. French resistance. Norwegian resistance. Norwegian resistance movement. He worked in the Foreign Office 1947 -- 57 and was a solicitor and shipping advisor .. Foreign Office. Foreign Office. Marten was Member of Parliament for Banbury from 1959 to 1983 , and served as a junior aviation minister 1962 -- 64 and Overseas Development minister under Margaret Thatcher .. Member of Parliament. Member of Parliament. Banbury. Banbury ( UK Parliament constituency ). Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher. Marten was a leading opponent of the European Economic Community .. European Economic Community. European Economic Community. At the end of his time in Parliament , he was knighted on 6 January 1983 .. He died in -LSB- Dorset -RRB- aged 69 .. A keen raconteur , Marten told a story of a tour he took around the Palace of Westminster with his Banbury constituents .. Banbury. Banbury ( UK Parliament constituency ). Touring through the maze of corridors they turned a corner and met Lord Hailsham , the Lord Chancellor , wearing the full regalia of his office .. Lord Hailsham. Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone. Lord Chancellor. Lord Chancellor. Recognising his Parliamentary colleague in the midst of the Banbury constituents , Hailsham boomed , `` Neil . ''. Banbury. Banbury ( UK Parliament constituency ). Not needing to be told again , the tour party fell to their knees with some haste .