Background
WILSON OF RIEVAULX, James Harold Wilson was born on March 11, 1916.
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James Harold Wilson WILSON OF RIEVAULX
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Milnsbridge Council School. Royds Hall and Wirral Grammar Schs. Jesus College, Oxford.
Career
War Cabinet Secretariat, 1940-1941. Director of Economics and Statistics, Mm. of Fuel and Power, 1941-1944. Member for Ormskirk, July 1945-1950, Huyton division, February 1950-June 1983.
Parly, Secretary, Ministry of Works, August 1945. Secretary for overseas trade, March 1947. Pres, of Board of Trade with a seat in the Cabinet, October 1947-April 1951.
Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, 1959-1963. Elected Leader to the Labour Party, February 196476. Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, October 1964-June 1970, March 1974-April 1976.
Leader of the Opp., 1963-1964, 1970-1974. Member, House of Lords, since 1983. Lecturer in econs. New College, Oxford, 1938, fellow of University College, 1938-1945.
Chancellor, Bradford University, 1966-1985. President, Royal Statistical Society, since 1972.
Membership
Clubs: Elder Brother of Trinity House, 1968.
Connections
Spouse Gladys Mary Baldwin, 1940. Children: two s.
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Political Party
Labour Party
Awards
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Honorary DCL(Oxon), 1965. Freeman of the City of Sheffield, 1966, City of London and Borough of Huddersfield, 1968, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, 1969. Fellow, Royal Society.Honorary DCL(Oxon), 1965. Freeman of the City of Sheffield, 1966, City of London and Borough of Huddersfield, 1968, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, 1969. Fellow, Royal Society.