Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson        (Academic, Politician)
Born	James Harold Wilson 1916-03-11 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	1995-05-23 (Age 79) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Alma mater	Jesus College (Oxford)
Religion	Congregationalist
Parents	• James Herbert Wilson • Ethel Seddon
Children	• Robin Wilson • Giles Wilson
Spouse	Mary Baldwin
Founder of	Open University
Member of	Fabian Society
Interest of	The Cecil King coup plot
Party	Labour
UK/Prime Minister  In office 4 March 1974 - 5 April 1976 Preceded by Edward Heath Succeeded by James Callaghan  Leader of the Opposition  In office 19 June 1970 - 4 March 1974  UK/Prime Minister  In office 16 October 1964 - 19 June 1970 Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home Succeeded by Edward Heath  Leader of the Labour Party In office 14 February 1963 - 5 April 1976 Deputy Roy Jenkins Succeeded by James Callaghan  Shadow Foreign Secretary  In office 2 November 1961 - 14 February 1963 Preceded by Denis Healey Succeeded by Patrick Gordon Walker  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 14 December 1955 - 2 November 1961 Preceded by Hugh Gaitskell Succeeded by James Callaghan  President of the Board of Trade  In office 29 September 1947 - 23 April 1951 Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Hartley Shawcross  Secretary for Overseas Trade In office 10 July 1947 - 29 September 1947 Succeeded by Harold Wilson  Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works In office 5 July 1945 - 10 July 1947  Member of Parliament for Huyton In office 23 February 1950 - 9 June 1983  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.

Bilderberg

Harold Wilson attended the Bilderberg group in 1962, before becoming party leader, as is routine for Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom.

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." This idea, promoted by Louis Mountbatten (who attended the 1965 Bilderberg) and Prince Phillip was ultimately unsuccessful.

Sudden promotion

Harold Wilson became leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell in January 1963. If Gaitskell's death were no accident, this could be an incidence of the Bilderberg Effect, after Wilson's visit to the 1962 Bilderberg.

Deep state coup plot

Deep state elements within MI5 and the British military plotted to take down the Labour Government. The Guardian summarised it as follows: "The great and the good feared that the country was out of control, and that Wilson lacked either the will or the desire to stand firm. Retired intelligence officers gathered with military brass and plotted a coup d'etat. They would seize Heathrow airport, the BBC and Buckingham Palace. Lord Mountbatten would be the strongman, acting as interim prime minister. The Queen would read a statement urging the public to support the armed forces, because the government was no longer able to keep order... Yet officially it never happened: a 1987 inquiry under Margaret Thatcher concluded the allegations were false, implying that the fading Wilson had descended into paranoia. This can't be allowed to stand. Not only does it do an injustice to Wilson, it also represents an enormous cover-up."

 

An appointment by Harold Wilson

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
Hugh Foot	UK/Minister/Africa Asia and the United Nations	1964	1970

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1962	18 May 1962	20 May 1962	Sweden Saltsjöbaden	The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden.

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uranium	pamphlet	1980	Alun Roberts	Scandal 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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