John Stonehouse
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John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Stonehouse canonical | 2 |
| Matthew Stonehouse | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ government minister ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegedToBe | Czechoslovak intelligence agent ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
forgery
ⓘ
fraud ⓘ theft ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-07-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-04-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | London School of Economics ⓘ |
| electedFor |
Walsall North
ⓘ
Wednesbury ⓘ |
| event |
arrest in Australia in 1974
ⓘ
staged disappearance in Miami Beach in 1974 ⓘ trial and conviction for fraud ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | political writing ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Julia Stonehouse
ⓘ
surface form:
Jane Stonehouse
Julia Stonehouse ⓘ John Stonehouse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Matthew Stonehouse
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Labour Party (UK) ⓘ |
| militaryService | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to escape financial and legal troubles
ⓘ
faking his own death in 1974 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Protest novel "Death of an Idealist" (as author of political writings, approximate title if any is uncertain) ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1976 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1957 ⓘ |
| paroleStatus | released early on health grounds ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Southampton ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Southampton ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Walsall North
ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Wednesbury ⓘ Minister of Aviation ⓘ Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically) ⓘ
surface form:
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form:
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
|
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Walsall ⓘ |
| sentence | seven years imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Stonehouse
ⓘ
Sheila Buckley ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Matthew Stonehouse