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Edward Heath
Edward Heath · Moshe Milner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Edward Heath

1916 – 2005 · aged 89

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 (1916–2005)

Born
9 Jul 1916 · Broadstairs
Died
17 Jul 2005 · Salisbury
Part ofUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1731 – 1942Anglicanism1473 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 102 years
  1. 9 Jul 1916BornBorn in Broadstairs
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1950 – 1951RoleMember of the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  4. 1951 – 1955RoleMember of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  5. 1955 – 1959RoleMember of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom
  6. 1955RoleMember of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
  7. 1959 – 1964RoleMember of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  8. 1959 – 1960RoleSecretary of State for Employment
  9. 1960 – 1963RoleLord Privy Seal
  10. 1963AwardCharlemagne Prize
  11. 1963 – 1964RoleSecretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
  12. 1964 – 1966RoleMember of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  13. 1964 – 1965RoleShadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
  14. 1965 – 1975RoleLeader of the Conservative Party
  15. 1965 – 1970RoleLeader of the Opposition
  16. 1966 – 1970RoleMember of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  17. 1970 – 1974RoleMember of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  18. 1970 – 1974RolePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
  19. 1974RoleMember of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  20. 1974 – 1975RoleLeader of the Opposition
  21. 1974 – 1979RoleMember of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  22. 1976AwardDoctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
  23. 1979 – 1983RoleMember of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  24. 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  25. 1987 – 1992RoleMember of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  26. 1992 – 1997RoleMember of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom
  27. 1992AwardKnight of the Garter
  28. 1996AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  29. 1997 – 2001RoleMember of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  30. 1997AwardHonorary doctorate
  31. 17 Jul 2005DiedDied in Salisbury

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 2005).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  15. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  16. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  17. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  18. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  19. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  20. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  21. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  23. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  24. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  26. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  27. 1956Suez Crisis
  28. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  30. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  32. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  34. 1968Prague Spring
  35. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  36. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  37. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  38. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  40. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War

Biography

Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 to 2001. Outside politics, Heath was a yachtsman, musician and author.

Heath was born in Broadstairs, Kent to a chambermaid and a carpenter. He became a leader within student politics whilst studying PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. During World War II, Heath served with distinction in the Royal Artillery. Afterward, Heath briefly joined the civil service but resigned to stand for Parliament, and was elected for Bexley at the 1950 election. He was promoted to Chief Whip by Anthony Eden in 1955, and stayed in the cabinet of Harold Macmillan as Minister of Labour and Lord Privy Seal, as well as that of Alec Douglas-Home as President of the Board of Trade. After the Conservatives were defeated at the 1964 election, Heath was elected to succeed Douglas-Home in 1965 as party leader and Leader of the Opposition. Although he led the Conservatives to a landslide defeat to Labour's Harold Wilson at the 1966 election, Heath remained as leader, and in 1970 his party won an unexpected victory.

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