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Dennis Healey

The Right Honourable
The Lord Healey
CH MBE PC FRSL
Denis Healey.jpg
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
8 December 1980 – 13 July 1987
Leader Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
Preceded by Peter Shore
Succeeded by Gerald Kaufman
In office
20 June 1970 – 19 April 1972
Leader Harold Wilson
Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home
Succeeded by Jim Callaghan
In office
11 October 1959 – 2 November 1961
Leader Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by Aneurin Bevan
Succeeded by Harold Wilson
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
4 November 1980 – 2 October 1983
Leader Michael Foot
Preceded by Michael Foot
Succeeded by Roy Hattersley
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
4 May 1979 – 8 December 1980
Leader Jim Callaghan
Preceded by Geoffrey Howe
Succeeded by Peter Shore
In office
19 April 1972 – 4 March 1974
Leader Harold Wilson
Preceded by Roy Jenkins
Succeeded by Robert Carr
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Jim Callaghan
Preceded by Anthony Barber
Succeeded by Geoffrey Howe
Secretary of State for Defence
In office
16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft
Succeeded by The Lord Carrington
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964
Leader Harold Wilson
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Peter Thorneycroft
Member of Parliament
for Leeds East
In office
26 May 1955 – 9 April 1992
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by George Mudie
Member of Parliament
for Leeds South East
In office
14 February 1952 – 26 May 1955
Preceded by James Milner
Succeeded by Alice Bacon
Personal details
Born Denis Winston Healey
(1917-08-30)30 August 1917
Mottingham, Kent, England
Died 3 October 2015(2015-10-03) (aged 98)
Alfriston, East Sussex, England
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Edna Edmunds (1945–2010)
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1940–1945
Rank Major
Unit Royal Engineers
Battles/wars World War II
 • North African Campaign
 • Italian Campaign
 • Battle of Anzio

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey,CH, MBE, PC, FRSL (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983.

He was a Member of Parliament for 40 years (from 1952 until his retirement in 1992) and was the last surviving member of the cabinet formed by Harold Wilson after the Labour Party's victory in the 1964 general election. A major figure in the party, he was twice defeated in bids for the party leadership.

To the public at large, Healey became well known for his bushy eyebrows and his creative turns of phrase.

Denis Winston Healey was born in Mottingham, Kent, but moved with his family to Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire when he was aged five. His parents were Winifred Mary (née Powell; 1889-1988) and William Healey (1886-1977). His middle name was in honour of Winston Churchill.

Healey was one of two siblings. His father was an engineer who worked his way up from humble origins, studying at and eventually becoming head of a trade school. His paternal grandfather was a tailor from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.


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