Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees
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The Right Honourable The Lord Merlyn-Rees PC |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 4 November 1980 – 24 November 1982 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | David Owen |
| Succeeded by | John Smith |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 4 November 1980 |
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| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | William Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Roy Jenkins |
| Succeeded by | William Whitelaw |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 10 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Roy Mason |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 24 March 1972 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
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Member of Parliament for Morley and Leeds South |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | John Gunnell |
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Member of Parliament for Leeds South |
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In office 20 June 1963 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Gaitskell |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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18 December 1920 Pontypridd, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 January 2006 (aged 85) London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
Goldsmiths, University of London University of Nottingham London School of Economics |
Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC (18 December 1920 – 5 January 2006), born Merlyn Rees, was a Welsh-born Labour party Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–76) and Home Secretary (1976–79).
Born in Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, and educated at Harrow Weald Grammar School, Harrow, England and Goldsmiths College, London where he was president of the students' union from 1939 to 1941. He served in the RAF the University of Nottingham Air Squadron during World War II, becoming a squadron leader at 25. He attended the London School of Economics where he received BSc(Econ) and MSc(Econ). He was appointed schoolmaster at his old school in Harrow in 1949, teaching economics and history. He taught for eleven years, during which time he was three times an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Harrow East, in 1955, 1959, and in a 1959 by-election. He was a member of the Institute of Education at the University of London from 1959 to 1962.
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