"He was very flamboyant and had a style all of his own, which was very theatrical, but actually he was an intelligent, sensitive man." Ken Clarke, BBC News.
"flamboyant and colourful – dandyish, even " Daily Telegraph
"a dandyish bachelor with a touch of the pantomime dame" Financial Times.
"as vivid a personality as politics can bear. Mannered, self-applauding, with an aura of camp and given to tiffs and squabbles..." The Guardian.
"He once outraged Jimmy Young by breaking off a live radio interview to answer a knock on his front door. ‘It’s the man from Harrods come to fix my new curtains,’ he explained...
"He was bothered that his dandyish manner meant he would not be taken seriously. ‘Because I am burdened with a capacity for wit, people have sometimes had the impression that I am not serious in my approach,’ he once lamented.
"He used to cox a Cambridge crew in a top hat, white tie and tails and was once genuinely upset when he arrived at an occasion in a red cloak, only to find he had been upstaged by someone in a purple one." Daily Mail.
"Colourful." Lord Strathclyde, Sky News.
"He was unmarried." The Times.
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