William Yates was born in 1921. Educated at Uppingham School and Hertford
College, Oxford, he served with the
Queen's Bays during the Second World War.
A
member of the Conservative Party he
was elected to the House of Commons in
1955. During the Suez Crisis Yates emerged
as one of the government's staunchest critics. On
1st November, 1956, Yates, interrupted on a point of order and said,
"I have come to the conclusion that Her Majesty's Government
has been involved in an international conspiracy".
Later that day representatives
from the United States and the Soviet
Union at the United Nations joined forces
and demanded a cease-fire.
Yates was defeated in the
1966 General Election. The following year
he left the Conservative
Party over a
dispute over the Arab-Israeli War.
A senior partner in World
Wide Industrial Consultants Yates moved to Australia
where he was elected as a Liberal Member of the House of Representatives.
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