William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelawedit

From British Offices and Honours

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

Born: 28 June 1918

Died: 1 July 1999

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Privy Council 6 Parliamentary Seats 7 Positions in Parliament 8 Party Positions

[edit] Known as

• William Whitelaw 1918-1983
• The Viscount Whitelaw 1983-1999

[edit] Education

• Trinity College, Cambridge

[edit] Offices

• Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1961-1962
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, 1962-1964
• Lord President of the Council, 1970-1972
• Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1972-1973
• Secretary of State for Employment, 1973-1974
• Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-1988
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1979-1983
• Lord President of the Council, 1983-1988

[edit] Peerage Titles

• Viscount Whitelaw, 1983

[edit] Privy Council

• Privy Councillor, 1967

[edit] Parliamentary Seats

• Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border, 1955-1983

[edit] Positions in Parliament

• Leader of the House of Commons, 1970-1972
• Leader of the House of Lords, 1983-1988

[edit] Party Positions

• Conservative Chief Whip, 1964-1970
• Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1974-1975
• Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, 1975-1991

Preceded by: Merlyn Rees

Home Secretary 1979–1983

Succeeded by: Leon Brittan