Sir Harold Wilson

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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:birthPlace gptkb:Huddersfield,_West_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:chancellorOfTheExchequer 1947-1951
gptkbp:children gptkb:Giles_Wilson
gptkb:Robin_Wilson
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-05-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Harold Wilson
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Race_Relations_Acts
refusing to send British troops to Vietnam
Open University founding
abolition of capital punishment
decriminalisation of homosexuality
economic modernisation policies
introduction of comprehensive education
gptkbp:leaderOfTheLabourParty 1963-1976
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Huyton
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Ministry_of_Fuel_and_Power_(wartime_civil_service)
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor leading the Labour Party to four general election victories
introducing social reforms in the 1960s
maintaining UK membership in the EEC
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Ormskirk
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Alec_Douglas-Home
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Personal_Record_(memoir)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Mary's_Church,_St_Mary's,_Isles_of_Scilly
gptkbp:secretaryOfStateFor gptkb:President_of_the_Board_of_Trade
gptkbp:signature Harold Wilson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wilson,_Baroness_Wilson_of_Rievaulx
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edward_Heath
James Callaghan
gptkbp:termAsPresidentOfBoardOfTradeEnd 1951
gptkbp:termAsPresidentOfBoardOfTradeStart 1947
gptkbp:termEnd 1950
1983
1970-06-19
1976-04-05
gptkbp:termStart 1945
1950
1964-10-16
1974-03-04
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Wilson_of_Rievaulx
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5