Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx

Gladys Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx (12 January 1916 – 6 June 2018) was an English poet. She was the widow of Harold Wilson, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid- to late-1960s and mid-1970s. Her birth name was Gladys Mary Baldwin.

The Right Honourable The Lady Wilson of Rievaulx
Mary Wilson in 1970
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In role 4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
Preceded by	Vacant[nb]
Succeeded by	Audrey Callaghan
In role 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Preceded by	Lady Douglas-Home
Succeeded by	Vacant[nb]
Personal details
Born	Gladys Mary Baldwin (1916-01-12)12 January 1916 Diss, Norfolk, England
Died	6 June 2018(2018-06-06) (aged 102) St Thomas' Hospital, London, England
Resting place	St Mary's Old Church
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1995)​
Children	2, including Robin
Education	Milton Mount College
Occupation	Poet stenographer
n.b. ^ The Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974 was Edward Heath, who was unmarried.

Private Eye regularly published satirical pages under the title Mrs Wilson's diary in the 1960s when she was living in Downing Street with Harold. It was in the style of the BBC radio serial Mrs Dale's Diary. In 1969 it was made into a movie.^[1]

In 1970 her volume of poetry, Selected Poems, was published and in 1976 Wilson was one of three judges of the Man Booker Prize, the other judges being Walter Allen and Francis King.^[2]

In 2013, aged 97, she attended the funeral of Margaret Thatcher.^[3]

In 2016, she became the first spouse of a British prime minister to turn 100.^[4][5]

Wilson died on 6 June 2018, of a stroke, in London at age 102.^[6] She is the longest-lived spouse of a British prime minister in history.^{[needs update]}