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Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM , PC (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician and writer who served as the sixth president of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Democrats, he was ...
Roy Jenkins was a British politician, a strong supporter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Community. Formerly a Labourite, he was the first leader of the Social Democratic Party (1982–83) and later was leader of the Social and Liberal Democratic Peers (1988–98).
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Mar 26, 2014 · The broken legacy of Roy Jenkins. He was the most successful chancellor since the 1940s and the most radical home secretary since WW1, responsible for the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the SDP. Yet a decade after his death, his social-liberal world-view is in crisis.
Jan 6, 2003 · Roy Jenkins, Welsh miner's son who rose to top of British politics, serving as home secretary and president of European Commission and founding Social Democratic Party, dies at age 82; photo (M)
Jan 5, 2014 · Roy Jenkins, UK Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1960s Labour Government, looks back at his life and career in politics.BBC documentary ...
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Nov 5, 2002 · Paperback – Illustrated, November 5, 2002. Acclaimed historian Roy Jenkins presents a comprehensive biography of Winston Churchill, an icon of modern history, from his childhood to the critical World War II period and beyond—a New York Times bestseller. “This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography….
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Jan 5, 2003 · Roy Jenkins was a private man, his manner, which his friends said was a product of his overwhelming shyness, was frequently off-putting. But he changed the shape of British society, and changed the shape of British politics, too. Roy Jenkins, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, who died on Sunday, was one of the major political figures of the 20th century.
