particular to avoid the UK suffering economic disruption and loss of influence, giving control of the continent to Berlin and Paris. Van Orden is a founding president of the New Direction think tank and is also a member of the Bow Group think tank. Personal life Geoffrey van Orden married Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Weir in 1974. The couple have three daughters. He is a member of the Countryside Alliance and the BASC. He was a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a Service fellow of King's College London as well as Freeman of the City of London and the Worshipful Company of Painter- Stainers. References External links Profile at European Parliament website 1945 births Living people Alumni of the University of Sussex Conservative Party (UK) MEPs Graduates of the Mons Officer Cadet School People from Waterlooville Commanders of the Order of the British Empire MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2009–2014 MEPs for England 2014–2019 MEPs for England 2019–2020 Intelligence Corps officers