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William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw. William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw KT CH PC was a politician and a deputy prime minister from England, sometimes known as Willie Whitelaw. He held a number of roles in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher during her time as Prime Minister . Categories: Politicians from Edinburgh. 1918 births.
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (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 King.
William Whitelaw was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for a short but politically momentous - and the most violent - period of the Troubles, in the early 1970s, and hence directed or oversaw a number of events and developments, in both the security and political realms, of great contemporary but also historic significance, most notably laying the necessary groundwork for the Sunningdale ...
1 de jul. de 1999 · By Political Correspondent Nick Assinder. Willie Whitelaw's image as a pleasant, bumbling old Tory duffer endeared him to politicians on all sides but belied a razor-sharp political sense and an ability to stitch up rivals with consummate ease. For 10 years, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher relied on him as her deputy and, later, as Tory ...
Willie Whitelaw William Whitelaw's loyalty was crucial to Margaret Thatcher during her early years in power - a fact acknowledged when she famously said: "Every prime minister needs a Willie." Whitelaw was himself well-known for his turn of phrase, once accusing Harold Wilson's Labour of going round "stirring up apathy" during the 1970 election campaign.
William Whitelaw was the first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland after Direct Rule was established there by UK Prime Minister Edward Heath in March 1972. With 467 deaths in 1972 alone this was the height of the Troubles and a period that Willie - later Viscount - Whitelaw regarded as the most challenging of his career.
William Whitelaw. Self: Thatcher: The Downing Street Years. William Whitelaw was born on 28 June 1918 in Nairn, Scotland, UK. He was married to Celia Sprot. He died on 1 July 1999 in Penrith, Cumbria, England, UK.
