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Rank. Captain. Unit. Royal Artillery. Battles/wars. Second World War. 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.
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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 23, 2014 · Roy Jenkins: A Well Rounded Life review – 'a magnificent biography'. John Campbell's compelling biography enshrines Roy Jenkins as a giant of postwar politics – and a tireless bon vivant ...
Mar 26, 2014 · 26 March 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. By David Marquand.
Jan 5, 2003 · Sunday, 5 January, 2003, 13:45 GMT. Obituary: Roy Jenkins. Roy Jenkins was a civilised, liberal, decent politician, for those who liked him. For harsher critics he was a snob who had...
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May 14, 2018 · views 3,057,818 updated May 11 2018. Jenkins, Roy (1920–2003). Chancellor of the University of Oxford; previously deputy leader (1970–2) of the Labour Party and leader (1982–3) of the Social Democratic Party. Author, bon viveur, and quintessential establishment figure, he became Lord Jenkins of Hillhead in 1987.
