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William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw. William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw KT CH PC was a politician and a deputy prime minister from England, sometimes known as Willie Whitelaw. He held a number of roles in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher during her time as Prime Minister . Categories: Politicians from Edinburgh. 1918 births.
Willie Whitelaw may have come from a wealthy Scottish family but he was never really a grouse moor Tory. Nor was he truly interested in climbing the greasy pole. What turned him into a politician was contact with the families of the men who died under his command in the war in which he won a Military Cross. Lord Whitelaw received the Victoria ...
Past and present prime ministers have led tributes to the Conservative politician Lord Whitelaw, who has died aged 81. Lord Whitelaw was Baroness Thatcher's right-hand man during her long period at Number 10 Downing Street. She said: "Willie Whitelaw was one of the great figures of our time and represented all that is best in Britain.
Willie Whitelaw (1918-99) was one of the most popular politicians of recent times. During a career lasting half a century, he made friends everywhere - among allies and opponents, officials who worked with him, and the general public. Yet Whitelaw was deeply involved in policies which have caused lasting bitterness.
3 giorni fa · Encountered Willie Whitelaw at dinner. He came in rather late and then started to tell me how absolutely ghastly life was with that awful woman, how he was thinking of resigning (from the Shadow Cabinet), what was my advice, etc. So I said, "On the whole, don't resign, Willie." "Oh, good," he said. "No, don't resign," I said, "but distance ...
William Whitelaw was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for a short but politically momentous - and the most violent - period of the Troubles, in the early 1970s, and hence directed or oversaw a number of events and developments, in both the security and political realms, of great contemporary but also historic significance, most notably laying the necessary groundwork for the Sunningdale ...
