John Stonehouse
British politician and alleged spy for the Czechoslovak SR (1925–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 1925 – 14 April 1988) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, businessman and minister who attended the cabinet of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974. It is also alleged that Stonehouse had been an agent for Czechoslovak military intelligence.[2]
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John Stonehouse | |
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Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
In office 1 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Himself (Postmaster General) |
Succeeded by | Christopher Chataway |
Postmaster General | |
In office 1 July 1968 – 1 October 1969 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Roy Mason |
Succeeded by |
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Member of Parliament for Walsall North | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 27 August 1976 | |
Preceded by | William Wells |
Succeeded by | Robin Hodgson |
Member of Parliament for Wednesbury | |
In office 28 February 1957 – 8 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Stanley Evans |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | John Thomson Stonehouse (1925-07-28)28 July 1925[1] Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Died | 14 April 1988(1988-04-14) (aged 62) Totton, Hampshire, England |
Political party | Labour Co-operative (1941–1976) English National (1976) SDP (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988) |
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Children | 4 |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
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