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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 statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.
4 days ago · Harold Wilson (born March 11, 1916, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England—died May 24, 1995, London) was a Labour Party politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.
Nov 3, 2022 · Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson had a relaxed relationship with the Queen and a top secret MI5 file against him, that is prime fodder for season three of The Crown.
As Prime Minister Harold Wilson enacted social reforms in education, health, housing, gender equality, price controls, pensions, provisions for disabled people and child poverty. Born. 11...
Harold Wilson was Prime Minister for eight years. He contested five elections as Labour Party leader, emerging the victor from four of them, albeit only once with a big majority. His governments achieved a number of far reaching reforms, though critics argued that he was a much more skilled tactician than he was a visionary leader.
5 days ago · Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson agreed late in life to sell his entire archive of personal and political papers to help fund his care, according to documents released by the National...
Apr 11, 2024 · Wilson holds a number of other records: he was the first Labour prime minister to be elected for 13 years, following his win at the general election of 1964; he is the longest-serving Labour prime minister of the 20th century; and he won four out of the five general elections he contested – more than any other postwar British leader.
Elected leader of the Labour Party in 1963, he became prime minister in 1964. He widened the party’s voting majority in 1966 but his popularity declined in the late 1960s, partly because of his assumption of direct responsibility for the economy shortly before the pound was devalued in 1967.
Oct 4, 2022 · Biography and memoir. Add to myFT. Harold Wilson’s victories — a lesson about winning. This timely biography by Nick Thomas-Symonds portrays a Labour leader and prime minister animated by...
Jun 12, 2024 · Harold Wilson, Labour leader for 13 years and prime minister for almost eight, stunned the political world in March 1976 by announcing his resignation.
