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Enoch Powell
The Right Honourable Enoch Powell MBE | |
|---|---|
Portrait taken by Allan Warren | |
| In office 27 July 1960 – 18 October 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Derek Walker-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Barber |
| In office 1957–1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Henry Brooke |
| Succeeded by | Jack Simon |
| In office July 1965 – 21 April 1968 | |
| Leader | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Maudling |
| In office 10 October 1974 – 11 June 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Orr |
| Succeeded by | Eddie McGrady |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Budgen |
| Born | John Enoch Powell (1912-06-16)June 16, 1912 Birmingham, England |
| Died | February 8, 1998(1998-02-08) (aged 85) London, England |
| 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 | British War Medal Africa Star Military OBE |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army • 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 Britishpolitician in the Conservative Party.
Early life
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
He was elected to the House of Commons in 1950, and was a government minister in 1957-1958 and again between 1960 and 1963. In 1962 when he was Minister of Health he launched the Hospital Plan which had plans for 90 new hospitals, 134 to be rebuilt and about 1000 more small hospitals to be closed - the biggest building programme the NHS had seen.[2]
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.[3]
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
Powell was married to Pamela Wilson from 1952 until his death in 1998. They had two daughters.
Death
Powell was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. He died on February 8, 1998 in London, England from the illness, aged 85.[4] He is buried at Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.[5]
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