After attending Harrow School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he sought a political career, and having been adopted as the Conservative Party's prospective candidate for the Kettering constituency in March 1939, was elected to parliament at a by-election in March 1940.
After attending Harrow School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he sought a political career. With the help of his friend and mentor Lord Astor, Profumo was adopted as the Conservative Party's prospective candidate for the Kettering constituency, and was elected to parliament at a by-election in March 1940.