Background
JOSEPH, Keith was born on January 17, 1918 in London. Son of the late Sir Samuel George Joseph and the late Edna Cicely Phillips.
JOSEPH, Keith was born on January 17, 1918 in London. Son of the late Sir Samuel George Joseph and the late Edna Cicely Phillips.
Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Common councilman, then alderman. City of London, 1946-1949. Parly, candidate, 1955.
Member of Parliament, 1956-1987. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, CRO, 1957-1959. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1959-1961.
Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1961-1962. Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, 1962-1964. PC, since 1962; Secretary of State for Social Services, 1970-1974.
Founder and Chairman, Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-1979. Conservative Spokesman with overall responsibility for policy and research, 1975-1979. Secretary of State for Industry, 1979-1981.
Secretary of State for Education and Science, 1981-1986. House of Lords, since 1987. Captain, RA; barrister.
Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, 194660, since 1972. Director, Gilbert Ash Ltd., 1949-1958. Director, Bovis Holdings Ltd., 1951-1959.
And Deputy Chairman, 1964-1970. Chmn Bovis Ltd, 1958-1959. Parttime consultant. Cable and Wireless PLC, 1986-1991, Bovis Ltd., 198689 and Director, since 1989.
Cofounder and Chairman, Foundation for Management Education, 1958. Founder. Mulberry Housing Trust, 1965, and Chairman, 1965-1969.
Married 1st Hellen Louise Guggenheimer in 1951 (divorced in 1985). Married 2nd Yolanda V. Sheriff in 1990.