James Callaghan

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British politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human

James Callaghan was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and held all four of the UK's major offices of state during his career.

Aliases (1)

James Callaghan government ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → human →
appointedBy	Elizabeth II →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Hilary Callaghan → Julia Callaghan → Margaret Jay → Michael Callaghan →
conflict	Second World War →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom →
educatedAt	Portsmouth Northern Secondary School →
employer	Inland Revenue →
familyName	Callaghan →
givenName	Leonard →
headOfGovernmentOf	United Kingdom →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
knownFor	being the only person to have held all four great offices of state in the UK →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom → House of Lords → Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Labour Party →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
monarchDuringTerm	Elizabeth II →
nobleTitle	Baron Callaghan of Cardiff →
notableWork	Winter of Discontent policies →
officeContested	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
placeOfBirth	Portsmouth →
placeOfDeath	Ringmer →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Father of the House of Commons → Foreign Secretary → Home Secretary → Leader of the Labour Party → Leader of the Opposition (UK) → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → Member of the House of Lords → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	Harold Wilson →
religion	Church of England →
represented	Cardiff South East → Cardiff South and Penarth →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Audrey Callaghan →
succeededBy	Margaret Thatcher →
workLocation	London →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Margaret Thatcher → Margaret Thatcher government ("James Callaghan government") →	precededBy
Portsmouth Northern Secondary School →	attendedBy
Margaret Jay →	father
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff →	grantedTo
Callaghan →	hasNotableBearer
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff →	holder
United Kingdom general election, 1979 →	leaderOfSecondParty
Cardiff South East →	notableMP
Labour Party (UK) →	notablePrimeMinister
Ringmer →	notableResidentDeath
First Lord of the Admiralty →	officeHeldBy
United Kingdom general election, 1979 →	primeMinisterBeforeElection
Margaret Jay →	relative
Cardiff South East →	representedBy
Harold Wilson →	succeededBy