Roy Mason, Baron Mason
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mason of Barnsley PC DL |
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| Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 14 July 1979 – 24 November 1981 |
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| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Norman Buchan |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Brynmor John |
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Merlyn Rees |
| Succeeded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 4 March 1974 – 10 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Ian Gilmour |
| Succeeded by | Fred Mulley |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Anthony Crosland |
| Succeeded by | Michael Noble |
| Minister of Power | |
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In office 1 July 1968 – 6 October 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Ray Gunter |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Postmaster General | |
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In office 6 April 1968 – 1 July 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Edward Short |
| Succeeded by | John Stonehouse |
| Minister of Defence for Equipment | |
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In office 7 January 1967 – 6 April 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | John Morris |
| Minister of State for Trade | |
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In office 20 October 1964 – 7 January 1967 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Mallalieu |
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Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central Barnsley (1953–1983) |
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In office 31 March 1953 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney Schofield |
| Succeeded by | Eric Illsley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 April 1924 Royston, United Kingdom |
| Died | 19 April 2015 (aged 91) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC, DL (18 April 1924 – 19 April 2015) was a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister who was Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the late 1970s.
He was born in Royston on 18 April 1924, and grew up in Carlton, Barnsley, in South Yorkshire. Mason first went down the mines at the age of fourteen and he became a branch official of the National Union of Mineworkers in his early twenties. Aged 26 he studied at the London School of Economics as a mature student on a Trades Union Congress scholarship. He remained in the coal industry until he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Barnsley constituency at a by-election in 1953.
Mason was Labour Party spokesman on Home Affairs, Defence and Post Office, 1960-1964. Minister of State at the Board of Trade, 1964-1967. Minister of Defence (Equipment), 1967-1968. Minister of Power, 1968-1969. President of the Board of Trade, 1969-1970. Secretary of State for Defence, 1974-1976. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976–1979
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