[1] Fletcher-Cooke entered the House of Commons the following year at the 1964 general election, as Member of Parliament for Southampton Test.
The two clashed in the House of Commons over the Labour government's imposition of sanctions against Rhodesia, following the colony's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965 under Ian Smith.
[2][permanent dead link] John was the son of Charles Arthur Cooke (1883–1914) and Gwendoline May née Bradford (1883–1977).
Fletcher-Cooke subsequently married Alice E Egner on 3 September 1949 in New York and latterly Marie L Fournier de la Barre (in 1977).
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