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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 ...
Willie Whitelaw was a great servant of several ministers. He was a great servant of two prime ministers, and a great counsellor to them well. He was a great servant to his party.
With 467 deaths in 1972 alone this was the height of the Troubles and a period that Willie - later Viscount - Whitelaw regarded as the most challenging of his career. In March 1973 he published a White Paper that proposed the election of a 78 member power sharing executive and in December the Sunningdale Agreement was signed.
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.
1 lug 1999 · Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith, who was awarded a hereditary peerage in 1983, had been ill for several months. He died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday. He leaves a widow, Cecilia, and four ...
April 1972 72-4759-003. RM E11WEH – May 06, 1980 - The Home Secretary Mr. Willie Whitelaw, left, and Sir David McNee, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, during a press conference after the ending of the siege of the Iranian embassy in London last night. RM CBJM1M – Margaret Thatcher 1979 election press conference.
William „Willie“ Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1. Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC (* 28. Juni 1918 in Edinburgh; † 1. Juli 1999 in Penrith, Cumbria) war ein britischer Politiker der Conservative Party .
