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Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, KG, AC, OBE, PC, FRS, FRGS (15 July 1911 – 22 September 1994) was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.
A biography and portraits of the son of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who was a geographer and Labour politician. He organised the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition in 1934 and served in Harold Wilson's government.
Edward Shackleton was the son of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and a prominent Labour politician and peer. He played a key role in the Falkland Islands' development and the House of Lords, and was also involved in science, space and terrorism issues.
22 de feb. de 1994 · Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton was born on 15 July 1911. 2 He was the son of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Emily Mary Dorman. 3 He married Betty Muriel Marguerite Homan, daughter of Charles E. Homan, on 27 April 1938. 4 He died on 22 February 1994 at age 82. 1
24 de may. de 2022 · He took his seat in 1958 as Baron Shackleton, one of the first Life Peers, and remained in the Lords until his death in 1994. When Harold Wilson became Prime Minister after Labour’s victory in the 1964 election, he appointed Shackleton to the Ministry of Defence.
He served as Minister of Defence for the RAF from 1964 to 1967, returning to the Arctic during an official visit to Canada in 1965. In 1967, he was appointed deputy leader of the House of Lords serving until 1968, when he became leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, holding both posts until 1970.
Abstract. Lord Shackleton was born on 15 July 1911, the youngest of three children and second son of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the great Antarctic explorer. His elder brother, Raymond, died in 1960 and his sister, Cecily, in 1957.
