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Sep 9, 2020 · For nearly 16 years, Douglas Hurd was at the heart of the government as a minister, serving under three consecutive Prime Ministers. This biography traces his career whilst providing an historical account of the modern Conservative Party Includes bibliographical references and index
Feb 27, 2010 · T his is a fascinating book and, though there are two authors, it is inevitable that Douglas Hurd's six years' experience as foreign secretary from 1989 to 1995 informs the history. Typically, he ...
Jul 17, 2019 · Former foreign secretary called Britain ‘medium-sized power’ that needed alliance with EU. Former foreign secretary Douglas Hurd anticipated a dangerous future of UK isolation caused by ...
For nearly 16 years Douglas Hurd was at the heart of the British government as a minister. Serving under three consecutive Prime Ministers, he was involved in all major policy decisions of the day. In this authorised biography, Mark Stuart traces the career of the politician who was successively Northern Ireland Secretary, Home Secretary and ...
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative Party politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.
Dec 10, 2020 · Memoirs. "Now, in these memoirs, Douglas Hurd looks back over his life. He describes his rural upbringing in Wiltshire; his schooling at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; his early career in the diplomatic service, with postings in Peking, New York and Rome; and his tenure as Edward Heath's political secretary at 10 Downing Street in the ...
Mar 17, 1988 · Douglas Hurd’s Tamworth Manifesto. Bristol in the hands of the mob for three days, the Mansion House and three prisons sacked, rioters killed in Derby, Nottingham Castle burned to the ground – that was the news from England in the summer of 1832. We should not be beguiled by the calm portraits of Sir Robert Peel or his heavy, measured prose.
