Harold Wilson

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British politician Labour Party politician Member of Parliament Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human

Harold Wilson was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, known for his focus on modernizing the economy and expanding the welfare state.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Labour Party politician ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
colon cancer ⓘ
child Giles Wilson ⓘ
Robin Wilson ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-03-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-05-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Jesus College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wadham College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Wilson ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Philosophy, Politics and Economics ⓘ
firstTermEnd 1970-06-19 ⓘ
firstTermStart 1964-10-16 ⓘ
fullName James Harold Wilson ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
James ⓘ
honorificTitle Baron Wilson of Rievaulx ⓘ
ideology social democracy ⓘ
knownFor "white heat of technology" speech ⓘ
expansion of the welfare state ⓘ
modernization of the British economy ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryService Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableWork A Personal Record: The Labour Government 1964–1970 ⓘ
The Governance of Britain ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
peerage Life peer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huddersfield ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
politicalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Leader of the Labour Party ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Huyton ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Ormskirk ⓘ
President of the Board of Trade ⓘ
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
Edward Heath ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence 10 Downing Street ⓘ
secondTermEnd 1976-04-05 ⓘ
secondTermStart 1974-03-04 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx ⓘ
succeededBy Edward Heath ⓘ
James Callaghan ⓘ

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Balliol College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Harold → notableBearer → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Huyton → notableResident → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Edward Heath → precededBy → Harold Wilson ⓘ
James Callaghan → precededBy → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Alec Douglas-Home → succeededBy → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Edward Heath → succeededBy → Harold Wilson ⓘ
Hugh Gaitskell → successor → Harold Wilson ⓘ