Shirley Williams
Use attributes for filter ! | |
Gender | Female |
---|---|
Death | 3 years ago |
Date of birth | July 27,1930 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Chelsea |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Parents | Vera Brittain |
George Catlin | |
Spouse | Richard Neustadt |
Bernard Williams | |
Children | Rebecca Williams |
Education | Somerville College |
Columbia University | |
St Paul's Girls' School | |
Books | Women in Politics, Climbing the Bookshelves |
Climbing the Bookshelves: 16 Point | |
South Riding | |
Politics is for people | |
Climbing the Bookshelves: The Autobiography of Shirley Williams | |
Died | Little Hadham |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 11,2021 |
Party | Liberal Democrats |
Nationality | British |
Founded | Social Democratic Party |
Grandparents | Thomas Arthur Brittain |
Edith Bervon Brittain | |
Uncles | Edward Brittain |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 407890 |
Shirley Williams Life story
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament, she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979.
Independent Group: Minor tremor or political earthquake?
... And both Shirley Williams and Roy Jenkins scored spectacular (but short lived) by-election victories in the early days of the Social Democratic Party, which broke away from Labour in the early 1980s...
Who led Labour's last big breakaway?
... But why has the latest change in Westminster s political layout reminded some of events dating back almost 40 years? In January 1981, four former cabinet ministers, Bill Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and David Owen, announced their intention, following the party s Wembley conference earlier that month, to move away from Labour...