Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative Party politician who served in the governments...
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action treachery. In the subsequent Leadership election, he supported Douglas Hurd. In 1990, he was moved by John Major to be Secretary of State for Transport...
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were to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), and he and Douglas Hurd (Major's successor as Foreign Secretary) set about trying to convince...
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Gowrie succeeded Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Douglas Hurd succeeded Jim Prior as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Lord...
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2008, p. 89. Douglas Hurd: Choose your Weapons. The British Foreign Secretary. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2010, p. 10. f. Douglas Hurd: Choose your...
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moderate one-nation conservatism. Senior figures include Michael Heseltine, Douglas Hurd, Kenneth Clarke, and Chris Patten. The TRG supported David Cameron, who...
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4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976 Prime Minister Harold Wilson Preceded by Douglas Hurd Succeeded by Tom McNally In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 Prime...
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established. A report on the massacre, commissioned by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, found that understaffing and telecommunication problems may have hampered...
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her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd made a state visit to Russia from 17 to 20 October 1994, hosted by the...
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in the end adopted. In October 1990, Major and the Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, finally obtained agreement from a reluctant Thatcher that Britain should...
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Thorpe (1997), p. 59 Dutton, p. 9 Young (1970), p. 46. Hurd, Douglas "Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-, fourteenth earl of Home and Baron Home of the Hirsel...
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United Kingdom (UK). The restrictions, announced by the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, on 19 October 1988, covered eleven organisations based in Northern Ireland...
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64. His father, Sir Percy Hurd, was MP for Devizes, his brother was Robert Hurd (architect); his son, Douglas now Lord Hurd of Westwell, was MP for Mid-Oxfordshire...
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Minister of State for Northern Ireland. Hurd is eldest son of the Conservative life peer Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, a former Member of Parliament...
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Gowrie succeeded Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Douglas Hurd succeeded Jim Prior as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Lord...
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constituency's first MP was Douglas Hurd, who served as a cabinet minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and retired in 1997. Hurd was succeeded by...
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Gardiner. Hurd was formerly the director general of the British Government's Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism. Hurd is the son of Douglas Hurd. He...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer. Douglas Hurd succeeds John Major as Foreign Secretary. David Waddington succeeds Douglas Hurd as Home Secretary. Tim Renton...
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Retrieved 6 February 2022. "Douglas Hurd". Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) Literary Agents. Retrieved 6 February 2022. "Douglas Hurd". Oxford Reference. Retrieved...
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Michael Heseltine Michael Howard Sir Geoffrey Howe David Howell David Hunt Douglas Hurd Patrick Jenkin Michael Jopling Sir Keith Joseph Tom King Norman Lamont...
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Times wrote about "blunders, omissions and ineptitude". Home Secretary Douglas Hurd requested a report on the investigation from Essex Chief Constable Robert...
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September 1985 – 24 July 1989 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Douglas Hurd Succeeded by Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Employment In office...
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1989 – 28 November 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Douglas Hurd Succeeded by Kenneth Baker Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons...
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McWhirter, he laid misprision of treason charges against Francis Maude and Douglas Hurd for signing the Maastricht Treaty. The allegations were dismissed by...
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Abbott, pp. 17–18 Parry, p. 122 Parry, p. 123 Hurd, Douglas and Edward Young. "Disraeli discussed by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young", The Daily Telegraph, 27...
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Margaret's live-in carer Martin Wimbush as Mark Carlisle Paul Bentley as Douglas Hurd Robin Kermode as John Major John Sessions as Edward Heath Roger Allam...
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Jarrett Hurd (born August 31, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified light middleweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super)...
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Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Humphrey Atkins Succeeded by Douglas Hurd Secretary of State for Employment In office 4 May 1979 – 14 September...
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lost to Tim Renton. He also applied for Mid-Oxfordshire but lost to Douglas Hurd. In 1972, Edward Heath attempted to persuade Heseltine, a strong supporter...
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were shot in the town or in nearby Savernake Forest. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames...
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