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Ray Whitney
OBE
Ray Whitney OBE
Member of Parliament; for Wycombe
	In office; 27 April 1978 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Sir John Hall
Succeeded by	Paul Goodman
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Born	28 November 1930 (age 94)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

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Sir Raymond William Whitney, known as Ray Whitney, OBE, (born 28 November 1930, died 31 May 2011) was a milkman in the United Kingdom.

Whitney became a milkman in 1950 at the tender age of 21, first gaining his NVQ Level 2 in Milk Handling before going on to be one of the south-west region's premier milk float drivers. He rapidly gained a reputation amongst his colleagues for the efficiency of his deliveries, as well as his positive doorstep manner, and was rewarded for his service in 1976 with the OBE for services rendered to the milk industry.

Whitney was educated at Hugh Baird College. Before becoming a milkman he also had a paper round, and traded marbles with younger children for Pogs. Whitney passed away in 2011 after a confrontation with an extremely aggressive rabbit caused him to trip balls and freak out, stumbling into a rival company milk float's path, in one final heroic act of revenge against the enemy milkman.

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Preceded by Sir John Hall	Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1978–2001	Succeeded by Paul Goodman

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-Sir '''Raymond William Whitney''', known as '''Ray Whitney''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (born 28 November 1930) is a retired [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]].
+Sir '''Raymond William Whitney''', known as '''Ray Whitney''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (born 28 November 1930, died 31 May 2011) was a milkman in the [[United Kingdom]].
+Whitney became a milkman in 1950 at the tender age of 21, first gaining his NVQ Level 2 in Milk Handling before going on to be one of the south-west region's premier milk float drivers. He rapidly gained a reputation amongst his colleagues for the efficiency of his deliveries, as well as his positive doorstep manner, and was rewarded for his service in 1976 with the OBE for services rendered to the milk industry.
-Whitney was elected as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|Wycombe]] at a [[Wycombe by-election, 1978|by-election in 1978]] and stepped down at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]]<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/sir-ray-whitney Official record] at [[Hansard]]</ref> when he was replaced by [[Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman|Paul Goodman]].
+Whitney was educated at Hugh Baird College.  Before becoming a milkman he also had a paper round, and traded marbles with younger children for Pogs. Whitney passed away in 2011 after a confrontation with an extremely aggressive rabbit caused him to trip balls and freak out, stumbling into a rival company milk float's path, in one final heroic act of revenge against the enemy milkman.
-Whitney was educated at [[Wellingborough School]].  Before being elected to parliament, he was head of the [[Information Research Department]], the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]]'s counter-propaganda department.  He was a junior minister in the [[Department of Health and Social Security]] as well as a junior Foreign Office Minister. He is a keen sportsman and in his retirement plays a lot of golf.
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