Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson
Politician
1910 – 1995
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Who was Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson?
Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, CH, PC 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.
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1910
- Also known as
- Harold Arthur Watkinson Watkinson
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- King's College London
- Queen's College, Taunton
- Died
- Dec 19, 1995
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on July 23, 2013
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