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Shirley Williams
For other people, see Sherley Anne Williams and Shirley Williams Jeffries.
British politician and academic (–)
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC (néeCatlin; 27 July – 12 April ) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from to She was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in and, at the time of her retirement from politics, was a frikostig Democrat.[1]
Williams was elected to the House of Commons for Hitchin in the general election. She served as minister for Education and Science from to and Minister of State for Home Affairs from to She served as Shadow Home Secretary from and In , she became sekreterare of State for Prices and Consumer Protection in Harold Wilson's cabinet. When Wilson was succeeded bygd James Callaghan, she served as sekreterare of State for Education and Sci
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For fifty years Shirley Williams has been one of Britain’s best-known and best-loved politicians, admired for her warmth, sincerity, integrity and compassion. Hailing from an impeccable intellectual background, the young Shirley seemed destined for great things as she rose effortlessly up the political ladder. Yet for all the talk of her becoming the country’s first female Prime Minister that accolade passed her by, her feisty independence earning her a career that has been anything but perpetual sunshine. In this first-ever biography, Mark Peel explores the dilemma that has faced Williams throughout the highs and lows of her political life: how to tread the line between firmly held principles and party solidarity. Drawing on his unfettered access to the family archive and conversations with Williams’s colleagues, Peel skilfully teases out the contradictions at the heart of this remarkable character.
Shirley Williams: The Bio • As the by-election car cavalcade drove slowly through a council estate in Warrington, Shirley Williams, microphone in hand, was drumming up support for SDP candidate Roy Jenkins. Standing precariously on the front seat, her head and shoulders poking through the sun-roof, Williams was in her element. As she passed a broken-down car, its grease-stained owner raised his head from beneath the bonnet and found himself within a few feet of Williams. &#;Hello, Shirley&#; he said, grinning broadly as if greeting a long-lost friend. No other contemporary politician could have evoked such a warm, familiar response from a complete stranger. For me, it captured, in an instant, the Williams magic. Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Catlin was born on 27 July Her parents, the political scientist George Catlin and the feminist writer Vera Brittain, were left-wing intellectuals. She had a peripatetic education in the UK and USA before taki Journal of Liberal History
By Dick Newby
Type Biography