Background
Whitelaw, Viscount William Stephen Ian was born on June 28, 1918. Son of W. A. Whitelaw.
Whitelaw, Viscount William Stephen Ian was born on June 28, 1918. Son of W. A. Whitelaw.
Degree, Winchester College. Degree, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Member of Parliament Penrith and Border Division Cumberland, House of Lords, London, 1955—1983. President BOT, 1956; Parliamentary Private Secretary to chancellor Exchequer, 1957—1958. Assistant government whip, 1959—1961.
Lord commissioner, treasury, 1961—1962. Parliamentary secretary, labour minister, 1962—1964. Chief opposition whip, 1964—1970.
Lord president, council, leader house of commons, 1970—1972, 1983—1988. Secretary State Northern Ireland, 1972—1973, secretary, employment, 1973—1974. Chairman Conservative Party, 1974—1975.
Deputy leader opposition, spokesman on home affairs, 1975—1979. Home secretary, 1979—1983. Visiting fellow Nuffield College, Oxford, England, 1970.
Married Cecilia Doriel, 1943. 4 children.