Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath's accession marked a change in the leadership of the Conservative party from aristocratic figures such as Harold Macmillan and Lord Home to the meritocratic Heath and Margaret Thatcher.
Publicly noted for his enthusiasms for classic...
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Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath's accession marked a change in the leadership of the Conservative party from aristocratic figures such as Harold Macmillan and Lord Home to the meritocratic Heath and Margaret Thatcher.
Publicly noted for his enthusiasms for classical and church music and for sailing, his shoulder-shaking laughter and confirmed bachelor status, as a statesman he is remembered as the prime minister who took Britain into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. His premiership was also marked by an escalation of The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the industrial disputes of the early 1970s.
Ted (or "Teddy" as he was known as a young man) Heath was born the son of a carpenter and a maid from Broadstairs in Kent. His father was later a successful small businessman. He was educated at...
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