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William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

1918 - 1999

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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1988. He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1991. After the Conservative Party won an unexpected victory at the 1970 general election, Whitelaw was appointed as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council by Prime Minister Edward Heath. After the suspension of the Stormont Parliament resulted in the imposition of direct rule, Whitelaw served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1972 to 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw is the 8,079th most popular politician (up from 17,348th in 2019), the 1,787th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,671st in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw ranks 8,079 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Almış, Charles Rangel, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mateusz Morawiecki, and Stephen the Posthumous. After him are Seocheon of Goguryeo, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Maurice Yaméogo, Arthur Zimmermann, Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, and Konrad von Jungingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw ranks 100. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Gara Garayev, Antonín Mrkos, Huber Matos, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and Ben Johnson. After him are Henry Calvin, Abba Kovner, Lo Wei, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, and Ida Lupino. Among people deceased in 1999, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw ranks 78. Before him are Maurice Couve de Murville, Momčilo Đujić, Leon Štukelj, Phaedon Gizikis, Walter Lini, and Alfredo Kraus. After him are András Hegedüs, Pierre Clémenti, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Sebastian Haffner, Alf Ramsey, and Ilmari Juutilainen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw ranks 1,787 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Hart (1948), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Christopher Hitchens (1949), Woodes Rogers (1679), John Bevis (1695), and Scott Adkins (1976). After him are Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry More (1614), David Icke (1952), Edward Bach (1886), Anne Perry (1938), and John Nash (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw ranks 300. Before him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), and Jeffrey Archer (1940). After him are Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), John Bowring (1792), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), and Ælle of Sussex (500).

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