Editing Patrick Cormack (section)

==Personal life and death==
Cormack married Kathleen Mary MacDonald in 1967. They had two sons. He listed his recreations in [[Who's Who (UK)|''Who's Who'']] as "fighting [[Philistinism|philistines]], walking, visiting old churches, avoiding [[Sitting on the fence|sitting on fences]]". He was a member of the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum]] and Lincolnshire clubs.<ref name=":0" /> He was a longtime resident of [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], living near its famed [[Lincoln Cathedral|cathedral]]. 

Cormack died on 25 February 2024, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Cormack |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/282/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref> Among those who paid tribute to him were Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] and Leader of the Opposition [[Keir Starmer]].<ref>[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-02-28/debates/B0D02324-11C1-4617-B00D-72FDD676BD03/Engagements Engagements: Volume 746: debated on Wednesday 28 February 2024]</ref>