Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:Privy_Counsellor_(UK)
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-03-11
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:James_Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:birthPlace Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:Alzheimer's_disease
gptkbp:children gptkb:Giles_Wilson
gptkb:Robin_Wilson
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-05-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
gptkbp:knownFor devaluation of the pound in 1967
establishing the Open University
abolition of capital punishment
social and economic reforms
liberalisation of laws on censorship, divorce, abortion, and homosexuality
leading Labour governments in the 1960s and 1970s
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Huyton
gptkb:Ormskirk
gptkbp:militaryService Royal Statistical Office (World War II)
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Personal_Record
gptkb:The_Governance_of_Britain
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
politician
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:parliamentaryGroup gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Alec_Douglas-Home
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Westminster,_London
gptkb:Isles_of_Scilly
gptkbp:restingPlace St Mary's Old Churchyard, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
gptkbp:signature Harold Wilson Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wilson,_Baroness_Wilson_of_Rievaulx
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edward_Heath
James Callaghan
gptkbp:termEnd 1970-06-19
1976-04-05
gptkbp:termStart 1964-10-16
1974-03-04
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Wilson_of_Rievaulx
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lord_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8