Sir Gordon Shattock (12 May 1928 – 10 April 2010) was a British veterinarian who served as the Conservative Party's Western-area Chairman. He survived the 1984

Brighton bombing A Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassination attempt against members of the British government took place on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Brighton Hotel, Grand Hotel in Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. A long-delay ...

, which claimed the life of his first wife, Jeanne. He suffered sensory damage to his vision and hearing. A native of

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, Shattock was educated at

Hele's School Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a mixed Academy school and Sixth Form in the Plympton district of Plymouth, England, east of Plymouth city centre. Until 31 March 2011, Hele’s was a community school funded by the Local Ed ...

. He studied

veterinary science Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

at the

Royal Veterinary College , mottoeng = Confront disease at onset , established = (became a constituent part of University of London in 1949) , endowment = £10.5 million (2021) , budget = £106.0 million (20 ...

in London and worked in that profession in his native city for more than three decades. He was forced to retire after the bombing due to the damage he had sustained in the blast. He met his second wife, Wendy, at

Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...

, where his wife's memorial service was held in December 1984. They married four years later. He chaired the Exeter Cathedral Music Foundation Trust until 2004. He died aged 81 at The Lodge nursing home in Exeter, survived by his wife and his two children from his first marriage.

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Notice of Sir Gordon Shattock's death
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shattock, Gordon 1928 births 2010 deaths Alumni of the Royal Veterinary College Health professionals from Exeter Conservative Party (UK) politicians British veterinarians Knights Bachelor People educated at Hele's School, Exeter