Background
BENN, Tony was born on April 3, 1925 in London. Son of William Wedgwood Benn (1st Viscount Stansgate), P.c. and Margaret Eadie (Holmes).
BENN, Tony was born on April 3, 1925 in London. Son of William Wedgwood Benn (1st Viscount Stansgate), P.c. and Margaret Eadie (Holmes).
Westminster School and New College, Oxford.
Producer, British Broadcasting Corporation 1949-1950. Labour Member of Parliament for Bristol South.E. 1950-1960, compelled to leave House of Commons on inheriting peerage 1960, re-elected and unseated 1961, renounced peerage and re-elected 1963, contested and lost Bristol East seat in 1983, re-elected as. Executive Labour Party since 1959.
Chairman Fabian Society 1964.
Postmaster-General 1964-1966. Minister of Technology 1966-1970, of Power 1969-1970.
Shadow" Minister of Trade and Industry 1970-1974. Secretary of State for Industry" and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications 1974-1975.
Secretary of State for Energy 1975-1979.
Vice-Chairman Labour Party 1970, Chairman 1971-1972. Chairman Labour Party Home Policy Committee 1974-1982. Candidate for Leadership of Labour Party 1976, for Deputy Leadership 1971, 1981.
President European Economic Community Energy Council 1977.
The Privy Council as a Second Chamber 1957, The Regeneration of Britain 1964, The New Politics 1970, Speeches by Tony Benn 1974, Arguments for Socialism 1979, Arguments for Democracy 1981, Parliament, People and Power 1982, The Sizewell Syndrome 1984, Writings on the Wall 1984, Out of the Wilderness: Diaries 1963-1967, 1987, Office without Power: Diaries 1968-1972, 1988, Fighting Back 1988, Against the Tide: Diaries 1973-1976, 1989, Conflicts of Interest: Diaries 1977-1980, 1990.
Foreign Chesterfield March since 1984. Bureau Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community.
Married Caroline de Camp in 1949.