User:Ctteller/The Castle Close to Shore

The Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Castle in 1974
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
5 April 1976 – 5 October 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyTony Benn (1977-84)
Preceded byHarold Wilson
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Leader of the Opposition
In office
5 October 1984 – 11 December 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Howe
Preceded byGeoffrey Howe
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
5 April 1976 – 11 December 1984
DeputyAnthony Crosland (1976-77)
Tony Benn (1977-84)
Preceded byHarold Wilson
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
In office
5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byDavid Ennals
First Secretary of State
In office
6 April 1968 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byMichael Stewart
Succeeded byMichael Heseltine
Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity
In office
6 April 1968 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byRay Gunter
Succeeded byRobert Carr
Minister for Transport
In office
23 December 1965 – 6 April 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byTom Fraser
Succeeded byRichard Marsh
Minister for Overseas Development
In office
18 October 1964 – 23 December 1965
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byAnthony Greenwood
Member of Parliament
for Blackburn
Blackburn East (1950-55)
In office
27 July 1945 – 8 April 1989
Serving with John Edwards (1945–50)
Preceded byGeorge Sampson Elliston
Succeeded byJanet Anderson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
15 September 1989 – 3 May 2002
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Barbara Anne Betts

(1910-10-06)6 October 1910
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Died3 May 2002(2002-05-03) (aged 91)
Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1944; died 1979)
Alma materSt Hugh's College, Oxford
Sir Peter Shore
Shore in 1993
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
5 May 1989 – 24 September 2001
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyTony Benn (1989)
Dennis Skinner (1989-94)
John Prescott (1994-01)
Preceded byGeoffrey Howe
Succeeded byJohn Prescott
Leader of the Opposition
In office
11 December 1984 – 5 May 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Howe
Preceded byBarbara Castle
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
11 December 1984 – 24 September 2001
DeputyTony Benn (1984-89)
Dennis Skinner (1989-94)
John Prescott (1994-01)
Preceded byBarbara Castle
Succeeded byJohn Prescott
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
4 October 1984 – 11 December 1984
LeaderBarbara Castle
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byJohn Smith
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
4 October 1979 – 4 October 1984
Prime MinisterBarbara Castle
Preceded byGerald Kaufman
Succeeded byMargaret Thatcher
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
8 April 1976 – 4 October 1979
Prime MinisterBarbara Castle
Preceded byMichael Foot
Succeeded byJohn Smith
Secretary of State for Trade
In office
4 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPeter Walker
Succeeded byEdmund Dell
Shadow Minister for Europe
In office
19 October 1971 – 19 April 1972
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byHarold Lever
Succeeded byMichael Foot
Minister without Portfolio
In office
6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byGeorge Thomson
Succeeded byThe Lord Drumalbyn
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
In office
29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byMichael Stewart
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Anthony Crosland (Minister of State)
Member of Parliament
for Bethnal Green and Bow
Stepney (1964–74)
Stepney and Poplar (1974–84)
Bethnal Green and Stepney (1984-99)
In office
15 October 1964 – 24 September 2001
Preceded byStoker Edwards
Succeeded byDiana Johnson
Personal details
Born(1924-05-20)20 May 1924
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died24 September 2001(2001-09-24) (aged 77)
10 Downing Street, London
Political partyLabour
Children4
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
The Lord Howe of Aberavon
Howe in 1985
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
4 October 1984 – 4 May 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyEdward Heath
Preceded byBarbara Castle
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Leader of the Opposition
In office
4 May 1989 – 13 October 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterPeter Shore
Preceded byPeter Shore
Succeeded byMichael Heseltine
In office
25 January 1980 – 4 October 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterBarbara Castle
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byBarbara Castle
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
25 January 1980 – 13 October 1989
DeputyEdward Heath
Preceded byMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byMichael Heseltine
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
18 February 1975 – 25 January 1980
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Carr
Succeeded byMargaret Thatcher
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services
In office
11 March 1974 – 18 February 1975
LeaderEdward Heath
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byNorman Fowler
Minister of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs
In office
5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byMichael Noble
Succeeded byEric Deakins
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
23 June 1970 – 5 November 1972
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byArthur Irvine
Succeeded byMichael Havers
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
12 August 1994 – 19 May 2015
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for East Surrey
In office
28 February 1974 – 12 April 1994
Preceded byWilliam Clark
Succeeded byPeter Ainsworth
Member of Parliament
for Reigate
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byJohn Vaughan-Morgan
Succeeded byGeorge Gardiner
Member of Parliament
for Bebington
In office
15 October 1964 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byHendrie Oakshott
Succeeded byEdwin Brooks
Personal details
Born
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe

(1926-12-20)20 December 1926
Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales
Died9 October 2015(2015-10-09) (aged 88)
Idlicote, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 1953)
Children3
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupation
  • Barrister
  • politician