• Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, CH, PC (25 January 1910, in Walton on Thames – 19 December 1995, in Bosham) was a British businessman...
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  • Eddie Watkinson (born 1979), American artist Harold Watkinson (1910–1995), British businessman and politician, the only Viscount Watkinson Lee Watkinson (born...
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  • Marples was a minister under Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home throughout the Conservative Government 1957–1964. In 1957, Harold Macmillan appointed Marples...
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    Agriculture Iain Macleod: Minister of Labour and National Service Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Duncan Edwin Sandys:...
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    1957 – 14 October 1959 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Anthony Head Succeeded by Harold Watkinson Minister of Housing and Local Government...
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    Election Member Party 1950 Harold Watkinson Conservative 1964 Sir Cranley Onslow Conservative 1997 Humfrey Malins Conservative 2010 Jonathan Lord Conservative...
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  • Franklyn. He was the grandson of Sir William Franklyn and nephew of Sir Harold Franklyn. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich...
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    Boyd-Carpenter 28 July 1954 20 December 1955 Conservative Harold Watkinson 20 December 1955 14 October 1959 Conservative Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan...
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    inscription "London-Yorkshire Motorway – This slab was sealed by the Harold Watkinson M.P. – Minister of Transport – Inauguration Day – 24th March 1958"...
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    (2,400 ha), in Hansard it is listed as 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) by Mr Harold Watkinson, Minister of Defence in 1961 "Pembrokeshire Ranges". Archived from...
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  • Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Preceded by Alan Lennox-Boyd Succeeded by Harold Watkinson Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 30 October 1951 – 28...
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    Commons. Eden was succeeded as foreign secretary by future prime minister Harold Macmillan, who, however, only held this post until December of the same...
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    January 1957 14 October 1959 2 years, 274 days Conservative Harold Macmillan Harold Watkinson MP for Woking 14 October 1959 13 July 1962 2 years, 272 days...
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    scheme was announced on Thursday 9 July 1959 by Minister of Transport Harold Watkinson, with the Gathurst Viaduct and Creswell Viaduct, near Stafford, over...
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    bypass was opened on 19 July 1957 by the then Minister of Transport, Harold Watkinson. The main road through Ashford is now the M20, which opened in stages...
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    Kilmuir and appointed Lord Chancellor. Future Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan achieved his first major Cabinet position when he was made Minister...
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    1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Alan Lennox-Boyd, and Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson. Following its closure in 2021, former members were offered...
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    Agriculture Iain Macleod: Minister of Labour and National Service Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Duncan Edwin Sandys:...
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    21 November 2011. "Hornchurch and Upminster MP Angela Watkinson praises Drapers' Academy, Harold Hill, in Prime Minister's Questions". Romfordrecorder...
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  • Politician 20 July 1962 John Maclay 1905–1992 Politician 20 July 1962 Harold Watkinson 1910–1995 Politician 1 January 1963 Keith Holyoake 1904–1983 Prime...
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    sites. In 1959, Harold Watkinson took over the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and Duncan Sandys returned to the Ministry of Aviation. Watkinson instituted a...
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  • Blue Streak missile programme. On 13 April 1960, the Defence Minister Harold Watkinson announced the cancellation of Blue Streak as a military programme,...
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  • (1917–1979) The Earl of Selkirk (1906–1994) Robin Turton (1903–1994) Harold Watkinson (1910–1995) Henry Montgomery Campbell (1887–1970) The Viscount Hailsham...
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    contracts were undertaken between 1958 and 1962: On 3 March 1958, Harold Watkinson, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation fired a starting flare...
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    LONDON-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY THIS SLAB WAS SEALED BY THE Rt Hon HAROLD WATKINSON M.P. MINISTER OF TRANSPORT INAUGURATION DAY 24th MARCH 1958...
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  • (1992–2010) Dame Angela Watkinson; MP for Upminster (2001–2010) and Hornchurch and Upminster (2010–2017) Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson Giles Watling;...
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    development of the platform. On 13 April 1960, the Defence Minister Harold Watkinson announced the cancellation of Blue Streak as a military programme,...
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    2021), as quoted by then-Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Harold Watkinson; additional drainage systems were also installed alongside the carriageway...
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    Night of the Long Knives (1962) (category Harold Macmillan)
    officeholders were informed the following day, 13 July. Mills, Maclay and Watkinson were reported to have gone quietly, as did Hill, though he expressed his...
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  • Minister (KCL) Teo Chee Hean – Singaporean minister (ICL) Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson – Minister of Defence (KCL) David Welch – American Assistant...
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