Editing Harvey Proctor (section)

==Shirtmaker==
Following his resignation, Proctor opened an eponymous shirtmakers, Proctor's, in [[Richmond, London|Richmond, Greater London]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/members-interests-top-tories-lose-on-proctors-shop-the-retailer-1445666.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/members-interests-top-tories-lose-on-proctors-shop-the-retailer-1445666.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Members' Interests: Top Tories lose on Proctor's shop: The Retailer|date=30 October 1994|work=The Independent|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> The shop was launched with a £75,000 fund organised by [[Tristan Garel-Jones]] MP.<ref name=":0" /> A second shop was later opened in [[Knightsbridge]]. Several Conservative politicians invested in the shop, including [[Michael Heseltine]] and [[Jeffrey Archer]], and by 1994 eleven Conservative MPs were shareholders in its parent company, Cottonrose Ltd.<ref name=":0" /> Proctor's shirts were also worn by the Prime Minister, [[John Major]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1992, Proctor was a victim of a [[Gay bashing|homophobic attack]] in his shop. [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] MP was present at the time, and defended Proctor. Hamilton suffered a broken nose in the incident. Two men were later imprisoned for the assault.<ref name=BBC/><ref name = Independent>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/court-threat-to-proctor-over-shop-accounts-1270333.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/court-threat-to-proctor-over-shop-accounts-1270333.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Court Threat to Proctor Over Shop Accounts |first=Fran |last=Abrams |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=1 March 1997 |accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref>

By 1994, the shops were £150,000 in debt. Proctor said that "It has been quite a struggle to survive. It has not been helped by press comment every six months that we are closing down".<ref name = Independent/> The shops went into liquidation in 2000.<ref name=BBC/>

In 2003, Proctor became the private secretary to [[David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland]], at [[Belvoir Castle]], Leicestershire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belvoir Castle |url=http://www.belvoircastle.com/contact/contact-us |work=belvoircastle.com |accessdate=6 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=questia>{{cite news|title=Duke Drops His Drawbridge for Harvey Proctor; The Londoner's Diary |url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-163094672/duke-drops-his-drawbridge-for-harvey-proctor-the |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |date=1 May 2007 |accessdate=21 November 2014}}</ref>