Frederick John Silvester (born 20 September 1933)[1] is a retired British Conservative Party politician.
The son of William Thomas Silvester and Kathleen Gertrude (née Jones), Silvester was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he achieved a first class in Part I of the history tripos and a lower second in Part II of the law tripos, graduating in 1954.
[2][3][4] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1957, and became a Conservative member of Walthamstow Borough Council four years later.
[8] As an Opposition Whip during Harold Wilson's second government (1974–76),[4] Silvester is a major character in James Graham's play This House.
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