Facts: - parliament: united kingdom - successor: constituency abolished - party: conservative party - death date: 31 july 2010 - predecessor: sir ian orr-ewing - office: member of parliament for hendon north - term end: 1997 - birth date: 28 june 1928 - term start: 1970 - name: sir john gorst - nationality: british - image: sirjohngorst.jpg - alma mater: corpus christi college , cambridge Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john gorst -lrb- hendon north mp -rrb- .
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sir john michael gorst -lrb- 28 june 1928 -- 31 july 2010 -rrb- was a british conservative party politician .he was educated at ardingly college and read french and history at corpus christi college , cambridge .in 1953 he joined the advertising department of pye ltd. .at the 1964 general election he fought chester-le-street and in 1966 , he was again an unsuccessful candidate in the bodmin constituency in cornwall , losing to the sitting liberal mp , peter bessell .at the 1970 general election , he was elected mp for hendon north , holding the seat until it was abolished by boundary changes in 1997 .in the 1997 general election , he stood in the new seat of hendon , losing to labour 's andrew dismore .he was the great grandson of sir john eldon gorst .