biography
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| lived:
| (1917–79)
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| biography:
| British Conservative statesman, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, was called to the bar (1940), and served in the air force during World War 2. He entered parliament in 1950, became minister of supply (1953–7), paymaster-general (1957–9), President of the Board of Trade (1959–61), colonial secretary (1961), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1962–4), and deputy leader of the Opposition in 1964. In 1970 he became home secretary in the Heath government, but resigned in 1972 when he became implicated in the bankruptcy proceedings of architect John Poulson. |
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