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Harold and Zara Holt meeting with Harold and Mary Wilson in 1967. Holt was a strong supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations, and believed its member states had moral obligations to one another – particularly Britain, as the former "mother country". [105] However, his relationship with Harold Wilson, the British prime minister, was somewhat ...
In December 1967, Harold Holt disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered. Zara Holt was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1968, for "devotion to the public interest". [19] In 1968 Dame Zara published My Life and Harry: An autobiography. [20]
Harold Holt (3 November 1885 – 3 September 1953) was an impresario in England from the 1920s to the early 1950s, who managed many of the great names in the classical music world. He was considered the leading concert agent of his time, [ 1 ] and was said to be "the greatest raconteur in London, who wasted away his fortune".
Holt's name has become a byword for any sudden or unexplained disappearance; the phrase "to do a Harold Holt" is rhyming slang for "to bolt" (i.e., to make a quick exit). [60] Holt's death spawned a storyline in the Australian soap opera Neighbours , and has also been credited with inspiring The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin , a British ...
Image credits: Bob Reilly / flickr #5 Harold Holt. Known for being the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Holt vanished without a trace on December 17, 1967, while swimming at Cheviot Beach ...
The Holt government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Harold Holt. It was made up of members of a Liberal - Country Party coalition in the Australian Parliament from 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967.
The Menzies government maintained and indeed expanded the Chifley Labor government's postwar immigration scheme established by Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell in 1947. Beginning in 1949, Immigration Minister Harold Holt decided to allow 800 non-European war refugees to remain in Australia, and Japanese war brides to be admitted to Australia ...
The First Holt Ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 41st ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt.The First Holt ministry succeeded the Tenth Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 26 January 1966 following the retirement of former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies.