Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell | |
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![]() Portrait taken by Allan Warren | |
Minister of Health | |
In office 27 July 1960 – 18 October 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Derek Walker-Smith |
Succeeded by | Anthony Barber |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 1957–1958 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Henry Brooke |
Succeeded by | Jack Simon |
Shadow Defence Secretary | |
In office July 1965 – 21 April 1968 | |
Leader | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
Succeeded by | Reginald Maudling |
Member of Parliament for South Down | |
In office 10 October 1974 – 11 June 1987 | |
Preceded by | Lawrence Orr |
Succeeded by | Eddie McGrady |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Budgen |
Personal details | |
Born | John Enoch Powell June 16, 1912 Birmingham, England |
Died | February 8, 1998 London, England | (aged 85)
Nationality | British (but registered as an Australian (then under common citizenship) when he joined the Army) |
Political party | Conservative (1950–74) Ulster Unionist (1974–87) |
Spouse(s) | Pamela Wilson (m. 1952–98, his death) |
Children | 2 daughters |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge SOAS |
Occupation | Member of Parliament 1950–87 Conservative Research Department 1945–50 Professor of Greek at Sydney University 1937–39 |
Profession | Politician, Classical scholar, Poet, published works 1937, 1939, 1951. |
Awards | ![]() Africa Star ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() • Royal Warwickshire Regiment • General Service Corps • Intelligence Corps |
Years of service | 1939–45 |
Rank | • Private in 1939 • Brigadier by 1945 |
Battles/wars | World War II • North African Campaign • India |
John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician in the Conservative Party.
Early life[change | change source]
Powell was born on June 16, 1912 in Birmingham, England and raised there.[1] He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and at School of Oriental and African Studies.
Before becoming a politician, Powell was a professor of Ancient Greek at Sydney University, Australia. When World War II, started he joined the British Army in 1939 as a private but, by 1945, had been promoted to Brigadier.
Political career[change | change source]
He was elected to the House of Commons in 1950, and was a government minister in 1957-1958 and again between 1960 and 1963.
He made a speech in 1968 in which he said that if the United Kingdom let too many immigrants live there, there would be fighting in the streets.[2]
In 1974 he left the Conservative Party before the February election, and became an MP in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party in October 1974.
Personal life[change | change source]
Powell was married to Pamela Wilson from 1952 until his death in 1998. They had two daughters.
Death[change | change source]
Powell was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. He died on February 8, 1998 in London, England from the illness, aged 85.[3] He is buried at Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Griffiths, David, Enoch Powell, UK, archived from the original (Official portrait) on 2007-09-28, retrieved 2012-12-13
- ↑ Stacey, Tom (1970). Immigration and Enoch Powell. London. OCLC 151226.
- ↑ "Obituary of Enoch Powell". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 February 1998.
- ↑ Powell's grave in Warwick Cemetery (photos), Find a Grave
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