Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964 in New York City), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He is Member of Parliament for Henley, edits The Spectator and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Early Life

He was one of the 4 children born to Stanley Johnson and his first wife, Charlotte Johnson-Wahl. He is the great-grandson of the last interior minister of the Imperial Turkish government, who signed the arrest warrant for Kemal Ataturk, now regarded as the founder of modern Turkey. Boris' grandfather sought asylum after his father was beaten to death and stuck in a tree. Boris was educated at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar, and read Greats at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a Brackenbury Scholar, and President of the Oxford Union.

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Stanley Johnson - Kemal Ataturk - Asylum - Eton College - King's Scholar - Greats - Balliol College, Oxford - Brackenbury Scholar - Oxford Union

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At 19, he was married briefly to Allegra Mostyn-Owen.

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In 1993, he married Marina Wheeler, a barrister (and the daughter of journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler), who is the mother of his two sons and two daughters.

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Barrister - Charles Wheeler

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