Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister...
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George Edward Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader. Heath led what is widely considered Britain's greatest...
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Edward Heath of the Conservative Party formed the Heath ministry and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 19 June...
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British troops to Northern Ireland. After losing the 1970 election to Edward Heath's Conservatives, Wilson chose to remain in the Labour leadership, and...
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James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader...
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Edward Heath (1916–2005) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974. Edward or Ted Heath may also refer to: Edward Bayard Heath...
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electing the party leader. From 1970 to 1974 he was in the cabinet of Edward Heath as Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; this was...
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Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her secretary of state for education and science in his 1970–1974 government. In 1975, she defeated Heath in the Conservative...
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created and the first leadership election was held in 1965, won by Edward Heath. Edward Heath's 1970–74 government was known for taking the UK into the EEC,...
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William Whitelaw (section Heath government, 1970–1974)
House of Commons and Lord President of the Council by Prime Minister Edward Heath. After the suspension of the Stormont Parliament resulted in the imposition...
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The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as its leader, replacing Alec Douglas-Home...
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Edward Heath formed a total of two non-consecutive Shadow Cabinets: First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath, 1965–1970 Second Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath...
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Government as Foreign Secretary not for services as a former Prime Minsiter). Edward Heath did not accept a peerage of any kind; neither have any of the prime ministers...
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Post-war Britain (1945–1979) (section Edward Heath)
abortion, the relaxing of divorce laws, and the end of capital punishment. Edward Heath returned the Conservatives to power from 1970 to 1974 and oversaw the...
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Geoffrey Howe (redirect from Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon)
represented various constituencies in the House of Commons until 1992. In Edward Heath's government, he was solicitor general and a minister of state; after...
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Heath Government and the Road to Brexit". In Roe-Crines, Andrew S.; Heppell, Timothy (eds.). Policies and politics under Prime Minister Edward Heath....
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State for Employment (1972–73) and Paymaster General (1973–74) under Edward Heath. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1972. Macmillan married the Honourable...
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evening as prime minister he made a public show of taking the Chief Whip Edward Heath for oysters at the Turf Club. He became President of the Carlton Club...
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leader. Past shadow chancellors include Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Edward Heath, Geoffrey Howe, Kenneth Clarke, Gordon Brown, John McDonnell and Rachel...
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with Royal Dutch Shell and N M Rothschild & Sons, and an advisor to the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments of the UK. He was a member of the prominent...
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involvement in Vietnam, the governments of Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Edward Heath provided differing degrees of rhetorical support for the USA's war effort...
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Greys, was sent to Northern Ireland with his unit but the Queen alerted Edward Heath, the prime minister, during her private audience, and he relayed a warning...
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from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2022. Robinson, Edward Heath (August 2013). "The Distinction Between State and Government". Geography...
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both born in 1784 Harold Wilson (served 1964–1970 and 1974–1976) and Edward Heath (served 1970–1974), both born in 1916 The decade of the 1730s was the...
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Michael Heseltine (section Career under Heath: 1966–74)
were for the most part respectful but sometimes rowdy at weekends. Edward Heath, then a government whip whom he had met at the Oxford Union, was his...
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Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (redirect from Peter Edward Walker)
2010) was a British Conservative politician who served in Cabinet under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester...
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philosopher and columnist Edward Gierek (1913–2001), First Secretary of Polish United Workers Party from 1970 to 1980 Edward Heath (1916–2005), British Conservative...
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1975 Conservative Party leadership election (category Edward Heath)
Margaret Thatcher as party leader on the second ballot. Incumbent leader Edward Heath stood aside after the first ballot, in which he unexpectedly finished...
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eventual winner Edward Heath. When the Conservatives returned to power in June 1970, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Heath's government, but...
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to 1987. He served during the premierships of four prime ministers: Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher. In obituaries...
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