Edward Heath

E8429

Edward Heath was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and led the country into the European Economic Community.


Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
birthDate 1916-07-09
birthPlace Broadstairs, Kent, England
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 2005-07-17
deathPlace Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
Chatham House Grammar School
familyName Heath
fullName Edward Heath self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edward Richard George Heath
givenName Edward
hobby yachting
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor industrial relations policy and miners' strikes in early 1970s
taking the UK into the European Economic Community
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
notableAchievement skippered yacht Morning Cloud to victory in the 1969 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
notableWork led United Kingdom into the European Economic Community
occupation politician
statesman
officeContested February 1974 United Kingdom general election
October 1974 United Kingdom general election
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Bexley
Sidcup
surface form: Old Bexley and Sidcup
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chief Whip of the Conservative Party
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament for Bexley
Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup
President of the Board of Trade
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development
precededBy Harold Wilson
religion Church of England
signed Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities)
succeededBy Harold Wilson
termEnd Leader of the Conservative Party (UK):1975-02-11
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:1974-03-04
termStart Leader of the Conservative Party (UK):1965-07-27
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:1970-06-19

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Broadstairs
Edward Heath fullName Edward Heath self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edward Richard George Heath
Balliol College, Oxford hasAlumnus Edward Heath
this entity surface form: Sir Edward Heath
this entity surface form: former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath
Heath hasNotableBearer Edward Heath
Bexley notableMP Edward Heath
Harold Wilson precededBy Edward Heath
Harold Wilson succeededBy Edward Heath