Harold Wilson Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx KG OBE FRS PC


Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 4 March 1974–5 April 1976
Preceded by	Sir Alec Douglas-Home Edward Heath
Succeeded by	Edward Heath James Callaghan

Personal details
Born	11 March 1916 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	24 May 1995 (aged 79) London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Gladys Mary Baldwin
Children	Robin, Giles

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. He was an MP from 1945-1983. He won more elections than any other 20th century Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (in 1964, 1966, February and October 1974) — but only once with a clear majority (1966).

Wilson resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party in 1976. He died of colon cancer and Alzheimer's disease in 1995.

Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964–1970	Succeeded by Edward Heath
Preceded by Edward Heath	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1974–1976	Succeeded by James Callaghan
Preceded by Hugh Gaitskell	Leader of the British Labour Party 1963–1976	Succeeded by James Callaghan
Preceded by Stephen King-Hall	Member of Parliament for Ormskirk 1945–1950	Succeeded by Ronald Cross
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Huyton 1950–1983	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by Stafford Cripps	President of the Board of Trade 1947–1951	Succeeded by Hartley Shawcross
Preceded by Denis Healey	Shadow Foreign Secretary 1961–1963	Succeeded by Patrick Gordon Walker

Images for kids

Garter banner of Harold Wilson in the chapel at Jesus College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History
Wilson on a visit to a retirement home in Washington, Tyne and Wear
Wilson with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House in 1966
Wilson with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard in 1965
Harold Wilson with Gerald Ford in 1975
Wilson in 1986
Harold Wilson's grave
Statue in St George's Square, Huddersfield

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