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James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.
May 20, 2024 · Harold Wilson, Labour Party politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976, when he unexpectedly resigned shortly after his 60th birthday. Learn more about Wilson’s life and political career in this article.
Nov 20, 2019 · Labour Party Prime Minister Harold Wilson, subject of season three of "The Crown," forged a close relationship with Queen Elizabeth to enact social reforms across Britain. "Harold Wilson, in a sense, was to politics what the Beatles were to popular culture."
As Prime Minister Harold Wilson enacted social reforms in education, health, housing, gender equality, price controls, pensions, provisions for disabled people and child poverty.
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. He was an MP from 1945 to 1983.
Apr 27, 2019 · Harold Wilson served as prime minister for almost eight years, then a peacetime record. For 13 years he led the Labour Party, winning four general elections and losing one. In 1976 he gave up ...
Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson, (born March 11, 1916, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Eng.—died May 24, 1995, London), British politician and prime minister (1964–70, 1974–76).
He was spokesman for economic affairs (1955–59) and then for foreign affairs (1961–63) in the Labour shadow government, succeeding Gaitskell as party leader in 1963 (having unsuccessfully challenged his leadership in 1960). Wilson took Labour to victory, but with a very small majority, in the election of 1964.
May 25, 1995 · Harold Wilson, a Yorkshireman who combined a common touch with an uncommon intellect that turned him into the British Labor Party's most formidable vote getter and perennial Prime Minister, died...
May 11, 2018 · James Harold Wilson. The English statesman Harold Wilson (1916-1995), who served as prime minister and leader of the Labour party, was one of the most skillful political tacticians in 20th-century British history. James Harold Wilson was born on March 11, 1916, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
