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Heath, Sir Edward Richard George, (1916-2005), Knight, Knight statesman

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Surname: Heath
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Edward Richard George
Gender: Male
Date: 1916-2005
Title: Knight
History: Conservative MP from 1950 to 2001. Minister of Labour 1959-1960; Lord Privy Seal 1960-1963; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and President of Board of Trade 1963-1964. Leader of the Opposition 1965-1970 and 1974-1975. Prime Minister 1970-1974. Knighted 1992.
References: Who's Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274831 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P155563 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1970-1974: Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1970-1974
The National Archives, Kew
2
1970 Jun 15 - 1970 Jun 30: Edward Heath, 19 June 1970
The National Archives, Kew
3
1970 Jul 01 - 1970 Oct 28: Edward Heath, 19 June 1970: part 2
The National Archives, Kew
4
1959 Oct-Dec: Minister of Labour: [Rt Hon Edward Heath MBE, MP]
The National Archives, Kew
5
1960 Jan-July: [Rt Hon Edward Heath MBE, MP]
The National Archives, Kew
6
EDWARD HEATH
7
personal and political corresp and papers with photographs, cuttings and audio-visual material
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Annual Return 2010
8
1960-63: papers rel to UK entry into Common Market, official diaries
The National Archives
9
1958-77: corresp with Lord Avon
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 28779 Eden
10
1964-69: corresp with Lord Bottomley
Leeds University Library, Special Collections
NRA 30282 Boyle
11
1954-80: corresp with William Clark
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 36204
12
1955-74: letters to Desmond Donnelly
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 41723
13
c1966-90: corresp with Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 29245 Buchan
14
1967-1968: correspondence
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre
See Annual Return 2023