Edward Richard George Heath definition of Edward Richard George Heath in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Heath, Edward Richard George

Born July 9, 1916, in Broadstairs, Kent. British state figure.

Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, Heath served in the artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1945. A Conservative, he was first elected to Parliament in 1950. He was the chief government whip from 1955 to 1959 and occupied various ministerial posts in Conservative governments from 1959 to 1964. In 1965, Heath was elected leader of the Conservative Party, and he served as prime minister of Great Britain from 1970 to 1974.

Heath’s name is associated with the Conservative government’s harsh legislation directed against the working class. In 1972 the Heath government gained Great Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community (Common Market). The defeat of the Conservatives in the early general election of February 1974 resulted in Heath’s resignation as prime minister. In 1975, Heath was forced to give up his post as leader of the Conservative Party.

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			Edward Hastings Chamberlin Edward Henry Carson Edward Herbert Edward Hincks Edward I Edward II Edward III Edward III, King Edward IV Edward Jenner Edward John Eyre Edward Kennedy Ellington Edward Lawrie Tatum Edward Lee Thorndike Edward Lipinski Edward Lorenz Edward Macdowell Edward Mandell House Edward Mills Purcell Edward Moore Edward Morgan Forster Edward Otto Wilhelm Gylling Edward Prochniak Edward Próchniak Edward R. Madigan State Fish & Wildlife Area Edward Richard George Heath Edward Sapir Edward Teller Edward The Black Prince Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Elder Edward the Martyr Edward V Edward Vance Palmer Edward VI Edward Victor Appleton Edward VII Edward VII Peninsula Edward VIII Edward Waring Edward Westermarck Edward William Elgar Edward Wittig Edward Young Edward Yourdon Edward Z'Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park Edward, Lake Edward, Prince of Wales Edwardian Edwards			Edward Nigma Edward Norton Lorenz Edward Nygma Edward O Wilson Edward O. Wilson Edward O. Wilson Edward of Caernarfon Edward of Caernarfon Edward of the United Kingdom Edward of Windsor Edward of Windsor Edward Osborne Wilson Edward Otto Wilhelm Gylling Edward Pennie Lighting Designs Edward Percival Field Station Edward Pickering Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Edward Prochniak Edward Próchniak Edward Purcell Edward Pusey Edward Pusey Edward R Murrow Edward R. Garrison Edward R. Madigan Laboratory Edward R. Madigan State Fish & Wildlife Area Edward R. Murrow Edward R. Murrow Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Edward Richard George Heath Edward Rickenbacher Edward Rickenbacher Edward Rickenbacker Edward Robert Armstrong Edward Roscoe Murrow Edward Said Edward Said National Conservatory of Music Edward Samuel Corwin Edward Samuel Corwin Edward Sapir Edward Sapir Edward Sapir Society of Japan Edward Sheldon Edward Shepherd Creasy Edward Sorin Edward St John Daniel Edward Steichen Edward Stettinius, Jr. Edward Suess Edward Sullivan Edward Syndrome Edward Tatum Edward Tatum Edward Taub Edward Teach Edward Teach Edward Teller Edward Teller Edward Terry Sanford Edward Terry Sanford