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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 was a member of the Cabinet under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974.
Stonehouse is a British comedy-drama [1] television series dramatising the life and times of disgraced British government minister John Stonehouse, first broadcast from 2 to 4 January 2023. The series starred Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes and was directed by Jon S. Baird from a script by John Preston .
Sir John Stonhouse, 6th Baronet (d. 1740), of the Stonhouse baronets; Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet (c. 1710-c. 1767) (had succeeded in the baronetcy of 1670 in 1733), of the Stonhouse baronets; Sir John Stonhouse, 8th Baronet (d. c. 1770), of the Stonhouse baronets; Sir John Brooke Stonhouse, 13th Baronet (c. 1797-1848), of the Stonhouse ...
Stonehouse's former home in Muswell Hill, north London, seen in 2022. John Stonehouse was born in Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1864. [1] He married Mary Martha. In 1891 they were living in Albert Street, [2] Camden Town, and in 1901, Bramshill Gardens, [3] Dartmouth Park, to the north of Kentish Town.
Stonehouse is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... John Stonehouse (1925–1988), British politician who faked his disappearance;
The resulting by-election was held on 28 February 1957. [4] The Labour Party chose John Stonehouse, a lecturer who had previously unsuccessfully contested two general elections at Twickenham and Burton-upon-Trent. [5]
The Walsall North by-election on 4 November 1976 was held after the resignation of sitting Member of Parliament (MP) John Stonehouse.Elected as a Labour candidate, Stonehouse was a member of the English National Party when he resigned, after an interlude in which he faked his own death. [1]
John Allen, a British criminal and murderer, faked his own death in 1966 to avoid prosecution for crimes he had committed. [21] Allen actually died in 2015. John Stonehouse, a British politician who in November 1974 faked his own suicide by drowning to escape financial difficulties