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Encyclopedia > David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford

David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC, (born January 18, 1936) is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest right wing political party in the United Kingdom. ...


Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, after five years as a journalist he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Dudley in the 1964 General Election. Two years later he won the seat of Guildford in Surrey, a position he retained until retiring at the 1997 General Election. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ... Full name The Kings College of Our Lady and St Nicholas Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College New College Acting Provost Dr Tess Adkins Location Kings Parade Undergraduates 397 Graduates 239 Homepage Boatclub Kings College, Cambridge... Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands of England. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1964 result was a very slim majority for the Labour Party, of 4, and led to their first government since 1951. ... Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...


When Margaret Thatcher was elected in 1979, she made Howell her first Secretary of State for Energy and then moved him to Transport in the reshuffle of September 1981. In 1987 he became Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British stateswoman. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Secretary of State for Energy was a UK cabinet position from 1974 to 1992. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Select Committee of the British Parliament is a committee made up of a small number of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues. ...



Preceded by:
Tony Benn
Secretary of State for Energy
1979–1981
Succeeded by:
Nigel Lawson
Preceded by:
Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Transport
1981–1983
Succeeded by:
Tom King


Tony Benn about to join March 2005 anti-war demo in London The Right Honourable Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born April 3, 1925), known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British politician regarded as being on the left of the Labour Party. ... The Secretary of State for Energy was a UK cabinet position from 1974 to 1992. ... The Right Honourable Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born March 11, 1932), a British politician, was Chancellor of the Exchequer between June 1983 and October 1989. ... The Right Honourable Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC (born 1937) usually known as Norman Fowler before he was given his peerage, and probably now best known as Lord Fowler, is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatchers Cabinet. ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... There have been several well-known people named Tom King: Tom King (artist) Tom King (boxer) Tom King (highwayman) Tom King (politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


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