Edward Heath

Sir Edward Heath   (politician)
Born	Edward Richard George Heath 1916-07-09 Broadstairs, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Died	2005-07-17 (Age 89) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Religion	Anglican
Member of	The Other Club, US/Department/State/International Visitor Leadership Program
Party	Conservative
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 19 June 1970 - 4 March 1974 Employer UK Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Harold Wilson  Leader of the Opposition  In office 4 March 1974 - 11 February 1975  Leader of the Opposition  In office 28 July 1965 - 19 June 1970  Leader of the Conservative Party  In office 28 July 1965 - 11 February 1975 Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 27 October 1964 - 27 July 1965  Secretary of State for Industry Trade and Regional Development In office 20 October 1963 - 16 October 1964  Lord Privy Seal  In office 14 February 1960 - 18 October 1963 Succeeded by Selwyn Lloyd  Minister of Labour In office 14 October 1959 - 27 July 1960  Government Chief Whip in the CommonsParliamentary Secretary to the Treasury In office 7 April 1955 - 14 June 1959  Father of the House  In office 9 April 1992 - 7 June 2001 Succeeded by Tam Dalyell  Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup In office 9 June 1983 - 7 June 2001 Preceded by Shirley SummerskillKenneth Baker, Tony Benn, Winston Churchill II, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Clement Freud, Stephen Hastings, Nicholas Lyell, Fred Mulley, John Nott, Merlyn Rees, William Rodgers, David Waddington Succeeded by Paul GoodmanAlistair Burt, Mark Field, Chris Grayling, Charles Hendry, David Miliband, George Osborne, Angus Robertson, Hugo Swire, John Thurso, Shaun Woodward  Member of Parliament for Sidcup In office 28 February 1974 - 9 June 1983  Member of Parliament for Bexley In office 23 February 1950 - 28 February 1974

Edward Heath (9 July 1916-17 July 2005) was leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975 and Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974.

Sex abuse allegations

Ten years after Sir Edward's death, allegations of child sexual abuse against him were received by eight police forces.

Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, who as Robert Armstrong was PM Edward Heath's private secretary, said he had "never felt a whiff of sexuality about Ted Heath, whether it was in relation to women, men or children". On 14 August 2015, Lord Armstrong told Radio 4's Today Programme the allegations were "so totally uncharacteristic and unlikely" that he did not believe them to be true:

"My incredulity is based on the way of life of a man and about his character and his personality.

"When he was at home he had two policemen on the gate, he had the personal protection officer from Scotland Yard in the house, he never drove a car himself, he always had an official driver.

"It just seems to me highly unlikely that he could have escaped all that to do the kind of thing that is described. I knew him for 35 years, I worked very closely with him while he was prime minister, and we remained friends for the rest of his life.

"You usually detect some sense of sexuality when you are friends or work closely with them. I think he was completely asexual. There are some people like that and I think he was one of them."

Bilderberg

As is not unusual for a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Heath attended the Bilderberg group before being elected leader of his political party (in 1963 and 1964).

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1963	29 March 1963	31 March 1963	France Cannes Hotel Martinez	The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
Bilderberg/1967	31 March 1967	2 April 1967	United Kingdom St John's College (Cambridge) UK	Possibly the only Bilderberg meeting held in a university college rather than a hotel (St. John's College, Cambridge)
Bilderberg/1969	9 May 1969	11 May 1969	Denmark Hotel Marienlyst Elsinore	The 18th Bilderberg meeting, with 85 participants
WEF/Annual Meeting/1980	1980	1980	Switzerland	"The constantly changing world"

 

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