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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 – July 1, 1999), frequently recognized as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician.
Whitelaw was deep-seated in Nairn, in northeast Scotland.
Although Whitelaw was apt a hereditary peerage the appellation became extinct on her euthanasia as her daughters were hog-tied to acquire so in some respects her Viscountcy was a life peerage.
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 Whitelaw Hotel
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (28 June 1918 - 1 July 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician.
His eldest daughter married and divorced the heir presumptive to the Earl of Swinton, and her two sons by that marriage are in line to inherit that title, so a special remainder to the viscounty would have seen it submerged in the earldom in any event.
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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 – July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician.
Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in northeast Scotland.
Granting a hereditary peerage (soon followed by those for the Viscount Tonypandy and Earl of Stockton) was generally regarded as a tactical move by Thatcher, to ensure that she could create hereditary peerages and baronetcies for others, notably the baronetcy created for her husband Denis (the only one created since 1965).
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 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 – July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician.
Whitelaw loyally refused to run against Heath; however, to widespread surprise, Margaret Thatcher knocked Heath out of the contest in the first round.
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw - 1st Viscount Whitelaw - KT - CH - MC - PC - DL, June 28 - 1918 – July 1 - 1999, - commonly known as Willie Whitelaw - was a British Conservative politician.
Granting a hereditary peerage, soon followed by those for teh Viscount Tonypandy & Earl 0f Stockton, was generally regarded [citation needed] as a tactical move by Thatcher - to ensure that she could create hereditary peerages & baronetcies for others - notably teh baronetcy created for her husband Denis, the only one created since 1965,.
Although Whitelaw was given a hereditary peerage teh title became extinct on his death as his daughters were unable to inherit so inside some respects his Viscountcy was a life peerage.
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 William Whitelaw - Knowledgebase, Definition at Mpageni.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Whitelaw attended Trinity College, Cambridge, then joined the British Army, earning the rank of major in the Scots Guards; during World War II, he earned a Military Cross.
Soon after Harold Wilson took control of the government, Whitelaw became Deputy Leader of the Opposition, a position he held until Margaret Thatcher became prime minister.
Whitelaw faced many challenges in attempting to manage the House of Lords, facing a major defeat over abolition of the Greater London Council within a year of taking over.
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 Lord President of the Council
In recent years, the Lord President has also served as Leader of the House of Commons, though the current Lord President also serves as Leader of the House of Lords[?].
Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen[?], 1st Duke of Leeds (1694) 1689-1699
George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon[?], 1st Marquess of Ripon (1871) 1868-1873
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As such, it was vital to the smooth running of the British war economy and consequently the entire British war effort.
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1745-1751
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1801-1805
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She married William Alexander Whitelaw, son of William Whitelaw, on 28 April 1914.
     William Alexander Whitelaw was the son of William Whitelaw.
He was the son of William Alexander Whitelaw and Helen Winifred Cumine Russell.
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 Janus: The Papers of Viscount Whitelaw of Penrith
Whitelaw served as the Conservative MP for Penrith and the Border Division of Cumberland, 1955-83.
Report on Whitelaw's visit to USSR, as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, accompanied by other officials from the Ministry of Labour.
Includes letters from Walter Annenberg, Viscount Boyd of Merton, Lord Brooke of Cumnor, Lord ["rab"] Butler of Saffron Walden, John Davies MP, Quintin Hogg (Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone), Selwyn Lloyd MP, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Gordon Richardson, Jeremy Thorpe MP, Sir Burke Trend, General Sir Harry Tuzo and Sir Roy Welensky.
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 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was Whitelaw who managed to dissuade Thatcher in November 1980 from going to Leeds to take charge of the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry personally.
Some have argued that Thatcher's dependence on him could have caused his stroke at the end of 1987, as he was taking on five jobs at the same time.
After he resigned, others have said, including Nicholas Ridley, that Whitelaw's retirement was the beginning of the end of the Thatcher's premiership, as he was no longer around so often give advice and tell Thatcher at times to moderate her stance on issues, publicly and privately, and because he had a reliable political antennae.
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 Lord President of the Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (February 13, 1742 - January 3, 1745)
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (February 27, 1852 - December 28, 1852)
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (June 11, 1983 - January 10, 1988)
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 WINCHESTER COLLEGE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Winchester College was founded in the fourteenth century by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to Richard II, and the first seventy poor scholars entered the school in 1394.
It could be considered a cross between football and rugby.
It also has a letter assigned to it, X, but it is considered bad form to use this other than as a laundry mark.
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 William (Stephen Ian) Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw Biography - Biography.com
William (Stephen Ian) Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw Biography - Biography.com
William (Stephen Ian) Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw Biography
Made a viscount in 1983, he was Leader of the House of Lords until 1988, when he retired following a stroke.
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 FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWAR... - Online Information article about FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWAR...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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brother, William Arnold, died in 1859, leaving four orphans, the Forsters adopted them as their own.
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 Baird family genealogy
Alexander Whitelaw of Gartshore, Dunbartonshire and Woodhall, Lanarkshire.
Sir William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw of Gartshore, KT.
Married second 26 Jan 1937 Hon Barbara Vernon OBE (died 19 May 1961), formerly wife of Capt Robert Charles Horace Jenkinson and ygst dau of 1st Viscount Harcourt.
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Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (1656-1722) Whig statesman
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham 1781-1851 lawyer, Lord Chancellor 1846-1850
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1867-1947 Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37 (Conservative)
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Nineteenth century William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, Lord Chancellor George Moberly, Headmaster of Winchester, later Bishop of Salisbury Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, statesman W.
Hardy, mathematician Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Battle of Britain commander Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, general Adam Fox, theologian George Mallory, climber of Mount Everest Arnold J. Toynbee, historian Stafford Cripps, Labour politician A.
Manners makyth man - William of Wykeham Motto of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
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 CIVIL WAR BOOKS (AUTHORS U-Z)
- Scribner's 1949 - FINE Condition - 1st Edition with "A" - 387pp - in Scarce Dust Jacket (protected in a New Brodart Covers) - Photos - Biblio - Notes - Index - Hampton was only one of three Confederate Generals promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General without having a formal education.
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Carolina, 1994 - 1st Edition - Dust Jacket (All Our DJs are protected in New Brodart DJ Covers) - Index - Notes - Appendix - Details of units, leaders and ships.
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Winchester College was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to Richard II, and the first seventy poor scholars entered the school in 1394.
Maxwell Woosnam, Olympic and Wimbledon lawn tennis champion and England national football team captain.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, former cricketer and the youngest captain of the Indian cricket team
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 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw: Information from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw: Information from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)
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William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw is mentioned in these AnswerPages:
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The title seems to have come into use some time after 1800 - as a formal way 0f referring to teh peer who managed government business inside teh upper House - irrespective 0f which salaried position they held inside teh cabinet.
However - it may have been used as early as 1689 - applied to George Savile - 1st Marquess 0f Halifax - when he was Speaker 0f teh House 0f Lords during teh Convention Parliament 0f that year.
Wood - 3rd Viscount Halifax, November 22 - 1935 - October 27 - 1938, James Stanhope - 7th Earl Stanhope, October 27 - 1938 - May 14 - 1940, Thomas Inskip - 1st Viscount Caldecote, May 14 - 1940 - October 3 - 1940, E.
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According to John Benyon, a British scholar who wrote several books and articles discussing the Brixton riots and Lord Scarman's report, this was one of the worst nights of violence throughout the string of riots.
Next, on April twelfth, home secretary William Whitelaw toured Brixton with members of the Metro police force.
According to Channel 4, the touring members were greeted by taunts, and that evening further looting and violence took place.
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 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Some felt that she may have wanted to set the precedent for her successor to grant her a hereditary peerage when she retired as an MP, although her Barony of Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, awarded by John Major, is a mere life peerage.
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 Lord_president_of_the_council info here at en.articles-by-ken-blanchard.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Contents 1 Lord Presidents, 1530-1553 2 Lord Presidents, 1621-1631 3 Lord Presidents since 1678 4 See also
Lord President of the Council Lord Presidents, 1530-1553 Lord Presidents, 1530-1553 Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1530–August 14, 1545) William Paulet, 1st Baron St John (January 1546–February 1550) John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (February 1550–July 1553)
Lord President of the Council Lord Presidents, 1621-1631 Lord Presidents, 1621-1631 Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (September 1621–July 1628) James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (July 1628–December 14, 1628) Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway (December 14, 1628–January 3, 1631)
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