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[[Harold Wilson]] (11 March 1916-24 May 1995) was leader of the [[Labour Party]] from 1963 to 1976. He served two terms as Prime Minister, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1979.<ref>Geoffrey Goodman, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/1995/may/25/obituaries Harold Wilson], The Guardian, 25 May 1995.</ref>
 
[[Harold Wilson]] (11 March 1916-24 May 1995) was leader of the [[Labour Party]] from 1963 to 1976. He served two terms as Prime Minister, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1979.<ref>Geoffrey Goodman, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/1995/may/25/obituaries Harold Wilson], The Guardian, 25 May 1995.</ref>

Revision as of 13:02, 20 September 2015

Person.png Harold Wilson  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Academic)
BornJames Harold Wilson
1916-03-11
Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died1995-05-23 (Age 79)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
ReligionCongregationalist
Children • Robin Wilson
• Giles Wilson
SpouseMary Baldwin
Founder ofOpen University
Member ofFabian Society
Interest ofThe Cecil King coup plot
PartyLabour

Employment.png UK Prime Minister

In office
4 March 1974 - 5 April 1976

Employment.png Leader of the Opposition Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
19 June 1970 - 4 March 1974

Employment.png UK Prime Minister

In office
16 October 1964 - 19 June 1970

Employment.png Leader of the Labour Party

In office
14 February 1963 - 5 April 1976
DeputyRoy Jenkins
Succeeded byJames Callaghan

Employment.png Shadow Foreign Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
2 November 1961 - 14 February 1963
Preceded byDenis Healey
Succeeded byPatrick Gordon Walker

Employment.png Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
14 December 1955 - 2 November 1961
Preceded byHugh Gaitskell
Succeeded byJames Callaghan

Employment.png President of the Board of Trade Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
29 September 1947 - 23 April 1951
Preceded byHarold Wilson
Succeeded byHartley Shawcross

Employment.png Secretary for Overseas Trade

In office
10 July 1947 - 29 September 1947
Succeeded byHarold Wilson

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Huyton

In office
23 February 1950 - 9 June 1983

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Ormskirk

In office
5 July 1945 - 23 February 1950

Harold Wilson (11 March 1916-24 May 1995) was leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976. He served two terms as Prime Minister, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1979.[1]

Ascendency

Harold Wilson became leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell in January 1963.[2]

Deep state plot?

Deep state elements within MI5 and the British military may have plotted to take down the Labour Government, believing Wilson to be a Soviet spy.[3]

Bilderberg

As is routine for Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Harold Wilson is strongly suspected to have attended the Bilderberg group. Some writers have stated that he attended meetings in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a period for which (as of 2015) attendance lists are unavailable.

Attempt to create a "Commonwealth Bilderberg group"

Phillip Murphy has suggested that having attended Bilderberg "in the late 1950s and early 1960s"Wilson was "sufficiently persuaded of [Bilderberg]'s value and influence in international matters to give consideration to the formation of a commonwealth Bilderberg group with Prince Phillip as its figurehead."[4][5][6] This idea, promoted by Lord Mounbatten and Prince Phillip was ultimately unsuccessful.[7]

 

An appointment by Harold Wilson

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Hugh FootUK/Minister/Africa Asia and the United Nations19641970

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196218 May 196220 May 1962Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden.

 

Related Document

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Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uraniumpamphlet1980Alun RobertsScandal in the 1970s and 1980s of collusion by successive British governments with the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto to import yellowcake from the Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia (illegally occupied by apartheid South Africa) in defiance of international law, and leading to the targeting of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.
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References

  1. Geoffrey Goodman, Harold Wilson, The Guardian, 25 May 1995.
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/18/newsid_3376000/3376971.stm
  3. The Plot Against Harold Wilson (2006)
  4. Bilderberg People: Elite Power and Consensus in World Affairs, p.30 Ian Richardson, Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse
  5. http://modernhistoryproject.org/mhp?Article=FinalWarning&C=8.3
  6. By invitation only: Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip, and the attempt to create a Commonwealth ‘Bilderberg group’, 1964–66 - The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Volume 33, Issue 2, 2005 (Paywalled)?
  7. The Strange Demise of British Canada: The Liberals and Canadian Nationalism 1964-68 By C.P. Champion


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