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Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party , he served as a minister under four prime ministers: Harold Macmillan , Alec Douglas-Home , Edward Heath , and Margaret ...
Sir Keith Joseph: 13 July 1962 Minister of State for Welsh Affairs: The Lord Brecon: 12 December 1957 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Reginald Bevins: 18 January 1957 Sir Keith Joseph: 22 October 1959 – 9 October 1961 The Earl Jellicoe: 27 June 1961 – 16 July 1962 Geoffrey Rippon: 9 October 1961 ...
The Conservative Party's choice of Sir Keith Joseph reflected his strong performance at the 1955 general election when he had failed to be elected, but only by 125 votes, in the London constituency of Baron's Court. Joseph was then a 37-year-old director of building and civil engineering companies and non-practising Barrister.
Sir Keith Joseph: 14 September 1981 Kenneth Baker: 21 May 1986 John MacGregor: 24 July 1989 Kenneth Clarke: 2 November 1990 Minister of State, Education and Science: Janet Young, Baroness Young: 7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 Paul Channon: 5 January 1981 – 13 June 1983 Chris Patten: 5 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Angela Rumbold: 10 ...
[7] Keith Joseph's keynote speeches, also published by the CPS, aimed to lead the way in changing the climate of opinion in Britain and set the intellectual foundations for the privatisation reforms of the 1980s. In 1981 Sherman brought the Swiss monetarist Jurg Niehans over to Britain to advise on economic management.
When Margaret Thatcher became Conservative Party leader in 1975, the CRD organised a full policy review to be co-ordinated by Sir Keith Joseph which preceded her election as prime minister. Unimpressed by what the department then had to offer, she and Sir Keith Joseph set up their own think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies in 1975 on her ...
The last Labour-appointed chairman of the NEB was Sir Leslie Murphy, who resigned with his entire board when Sir Keith Joseph (the new industry minister) decided to remove its responsibility for the government's holding in Rolls-Royce later that year. [18]
Sir Keith Joseph: 20 June 1970 Minister of State, Health and Social Security: The Lord Aberdare: 23 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 Parliamentary Secretary, Health and ...