John Jeremy Thorpe was born on 29 April 1929, the youngest child of a leading lawyer and former Conservative MP, Sir John Henry Thorpe. His…
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1 9 1 6 – 2 0 0 5 Edward Richard George Heath was born at Broadstairs, Kent, in 1916 and was educated at Chatham…
1 9 1 1 – 2 0 0 5 Johannes (“Joh”) Bjelke-Petersen was an Australian right-wing politician, leader of the Queensland National Party (QNP) and…
William George Hayden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, the son of an Irish-American sailor. He was educated at Brisbane State High School and served in…
1 8 8 6 – 1 9 7 3 Israeli statesman and socialist politician. He was one of the founders of the state of Israel…
Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Arthur Scargill became a miner on leaving school and was soon a trade union and political activist in the Young…
1 9 2 5 – 1 9 6 8 Younger brother and close associate of John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy trained as a lawyer, and entered…
1 9 2 1 – 1 9 9 2 New Zealand National Party right-of-centre politician and NZ prime minister from 1975 to 1984. Nicknamed “”Piggy”…
