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Service number. 179215. Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001.
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Heath won the 1970 election, and served his only term as Prime Minister during a time of strong industrial change and economic decline. He was elected on a manifesto to turn around the nation’s ...
Conservative Party. Sir Edward Heath (born July 9, 1916, Broadstairs, Kent, England—died July 17, 2005, Salisbury, Wiltshire) was the Conservative prime minister of Great Britain from 1970 to 1974. Although he was of modest origins, Heath was educated at Oxford, where he was elected president of the University Conservative Association in 1937.
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Edward Heath was born in 1916. He was educated at a grammar school and went on to Oxford University. He served as an artillery officer during the Second World War during the Northwest Europe campaign and was mentioned in dispatches afterwards, in November 1945. After the war, he was briefly a Civil Servant, before running for Parliament and ...
Aug 4, 2015 · A profile of former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath. ... Party leader more than 50 years ago and served as UK prime minister between 1970 and 1974. ... expect prime ministers to enjoy ...
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Biography. Sir Edward Heath served as Prime Minister between 1970 to 1974. Read more about the life and achievements of Sir Edward Heath in our past Prime Ministers section.
