Rose Paterson wife of Conservative former cabinet minister Own Paterson has been found dead in woodlands near their family home, on his birthday.
The Tory MP for North Shropshire confirmed his wife Rose has passed away.
Owen Paterson made the following statement: “It is with great sadness that I must inform you that my wife, Rose, has been found dead at our family home. Rose and I were married for 40 happy years. She was a wonderful, caring wife, mother and grandmother.”
