Who was the secretary and mistress of disgraced MP John Stonehouse?
John Stonehouse to set up a new life with his mistress and secretary, Sheila Buckley. Using false identities, Stonehouse set about transferring large sums of money between banks as a further means of covering his tracks. Under the name of Clive Mildoon, he deposited $21,500 in cash at the Bank of New Zealand. The teller who handled the money later spotted "Mildoon" at the Bank of New South Wales. Inquiries led the teller to learn that the money was in the name of Joe Markham and he informed the local police. Stonehouse spent a while in Copenhagen with Sheila Buckley, but later
John Stonehouse of his life, mostly in connection with discussing his disappearance. In December 1986 he appeared on In The Psychiatrist's Chair with Anthony Clare. In September 1985, he started a small business which manufactured electronic and hotel safes called Guestguard. It existed up to his death. Stonehouse married Barbara Joan Smith in 1948, and they had two daughters, Jane and Julia, and a son, Mathew. After their divorce in 1978, Stonehouse married his mistress, Sheila Elizabeth Buckley, in Hampshire on 31 January 1981. In December 1982 their son James William John was born. On 25 March 1988, Stonehouse abruptly collapsed on