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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1988.
1 lug 1999 · Thu 1 Jul 1999 08.24 EDT. Lord Whitelaw, one of the most prominent Conservative politicians of the post-war years and principal lieutenant of. Margaret Thatcher, has died aged 81. Viscount ...
Whitelaw, William Stephen Ian (‘Willie’) (1918–99), Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith , first secretary of state for Northern Ireland, was born 28 June 1918 in Edinburgh, the only child of William Alexander Whitelaw (1892–1919), an army officer who died of pneumonia after his health was destroyed in a gas attack in the first world war, and ...
William Whitelaw. William Whitelaw (1918-1999) was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from the imposition of Direct Rule in March 1972 until December 1973. Whitelaw was born in Edinburgh, the son of a World War I veteran who died shortly after his birth.
WITH THE death of William Whitelaw, a particular and admirable tradition in British politics has come to an end. Whitelaw held high office for longer than any his contemporaries who saw active...
1 lug 1999 · A tribute to Willie Whitelaw, a loyal and influential deputy to Margaret Thatcher, who died in 1999. The article covers his political career, his gaffes, his hospitality and his views on Europe.
2 lug 1999 · For it was Willie Whitelaw, as the first politician to hold the post of Northern Ireland secretary, who came within a hairsbreadth of achieving a similar breakthrough a quarter of a century ago.
