Harold Watkinson 1st Viscount Watkinson Politician

Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, CH, PC (25 January 1910, in Walton on Thames – 19 December 1995, in Bosham) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation between 1955 and 1959 and a cabinet member as Minister of Defence between 1959 and 1962, when he was sacked in the Night of the Long Knives. In 1964 he was ennobled as Viscount Watkinson.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 25, 1910
Nationality
British people
Date of deathDecember 19, 1995
Education
King's College London

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monarch
Elizabeth II
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
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