Harold Wilson
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The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx KG OBE PC FRS FSS |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Edward Heath |
| Succeeded by | James Callaghan |
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In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Alec Douglas-Home |
| Succeeded by | Edward Heath |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Edward Heath |
| Succeeded by | Edward Heath |
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In office 14 February 1963 – 16 October 1964 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Alec Douglas-Home |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 14 February 1963 – 5 April 1976 |
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| Deputy | George Brown Roy Jenkins Edward Short |
| Preceded by | Hugh Gaitskell |
| Succeeded by | James Callaghan |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 2 November 1961 – 14 February 1963 |
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| Leader | Hugh Gaitskell George Brown |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Gordon Walker |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 14 December 1955 – 2 November 1961 |
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| Leader | Hugh Gaitskell |
| Preceded by | Hugh Gaitskell |
| Succeeded by | James Callaghan |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 29 September 1947 – 23 April 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Stafford Cripps |
| Succeeded by | Hartley Shawcross |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | |
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In office 10 July 1947 – 29 September 1947 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| President | Sir Stafford Cripps |
| Preceded by | Hilary Marquand |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Bottomley |
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 10 July 1947 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Minister |
George Tomlinson Charles Key |
| Preceded by | Reginald Manningham-Buller |
| Succeeded by | Evan Durbin |
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Member of Parliament for Huyton |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Ormskirk |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen King-Hall |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Cross |
| Personal details | |
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James Harold Wilson 11 March 1916 Huddersfield, England, UK |
| Died | 24 May 1995 (aged 79) London, England, UK |
| Resting place | St. Mary's Old Church |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Baldwin (m. 1940) |
| Children |
Robin Giles |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Religion | Congregationalism |
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James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976.
First entering Parliament in 1945, Wilson was immediately appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks, becoming the Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and being appointed to the Cabinet just months later as the President of the Board of Trade. Later, in the Labour Shadow Cabinet, he served first as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1955 to 1961 and then as the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1961 to 1963, when he was elected Leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell. Wilson narrowly won the 1964 election, going on to win a much increased majority in a snap 1966 election.
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