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Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC (né Merlyn Rees; 18 December 1920 – 5 January 2006) was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1976) and Home Secretary (1976–1979).
Jan 5, 2006 · Thu 5 Jan 2006 10.23 EST. Lord Merlyn-Rees, the veteran Labour politician who served as both home secretary and Northern Ireland secretary during the 1970s, has died aged 85.
Thu 5 Jan 2006 09.45 EST. The death of Merlyn Rees at the age of 85 recalls another death. For Rees, home secretary from 1976 to 1979 in James Callaghan's Labour administration, entered...
Lord Merlyn-Rees, who died yesterday aged 85, was Northern secretary in 1974 when the then Harold Wilson Labour government capitulated to the unionist-loyalist paramilitary-led Ulster Workers'...
Thursday January 05 2006, 12.00am, The Times. Merlyn Rees was a Labour MP for nearly 30 years and a leading figure in his party for most of that time. Circumstances, however, denied him the...
Merlyn Rees Rees served as the third Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between March 1974 and September 1976. He is perhaps best remembered for his decision to withdraw Special Category Status (SCS) for Irish prisoners, a move that triggered years of prison protests.
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Jan 5, 2006 · Former Northern Ireland secretary Lord Merlyn-Rees has died aged 85. Lord Merlyn-Rees, who served as Merlyn Rees in Labour Party governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the...
