Life peerages created by Edward Heath (1970–74)

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 represented a change in the leadership of the Conservative party, from aristocratic figures such as Alec Douglas-Home to the self-consciously meritocratic Heath, and later, Margaret Thatcher.

He is remembered as being the Prime Minister who took Britain into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. Heath's premiership was also marked by an escalation of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and industrial disputes, including the Three-Day Week in 1974.

Date of creation

Name

Title

Territorial qualification

Date of extinction (if applicable)

19 June 1970

Emanuel Shinwell

Baron Shinwell

of Easington in the County of Durham

8 May 1986

20 June 1970

Barnett Janner

Baron Janner

of the City of Leicester

4 May 1982

30 June 1970

Quintin McGarel Hogg

Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone

of Herstmonceux in the County of Sussex

12 October 2001

1 July 1970

Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan, Lady Tweedsmuir

Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie

of Potterton in the County of Aberdeen

11 March 1978

2 July 1970

John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan

Baron Reigate

of Outwood in the County of Surrey

26 January 1995

3 July 1970

Edward Charles Gurney Boyle

Baron Boyle of Handsworth

of Salehurst in the County of Sussex

28 September 1981

4 July 1970

James Hutchison Hoy

Baron Hoy

of Leith in the County of the City of Edinburgh

7 August 1976

6 July 1970

Cyril Hamnett

Baron Hamnett

of Warrington in the County Palatine of Lancaster

17 March 1980

7 July 1970

Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch

Baron Rhyl

of Holywell in the Parish of Swanmore in the County of Southampton

8 March 1981

8 July 1970

Joseph Slater

Baron Slater

of Ferryhill in the County of Durham

21 April 1977

9 July 1970

Eric George Molyneux Fletcher

Baron Fletcher

of Islington in Greater London

9 June 1990

28 July 1970

John Thomas Wheatley

Baron Wheatley

of Shettleston in the County of the City of Glasgow

28 July 1988

31 July 1970

Max Leonard Rosenheim

Baron Rosenheim

of the London Borough of Camden

2 December 1972

21 September 1970

Julian Ward Snow

Baron Burntwood

of Burntwood in the County of Stafford

24 January 1982

22 September 1970

Arthur William James Greenwood

Baron Greenwood of Rossendale

of East Mersea in the County of Essex

12 April 1982

25 September 1970

John Diamond

Baron Diamond

of the City of Gloucester

3 April 2004

28 September 1970

Harold Davies

Baron Davies of Leek

of Leek in the County of Stafford

28 October 1985

12 October 1970

Eirene Lloyd White

Baroness White

of Rhymney in the County of Monmouth

23 December 1999

14 October 1970

Alice Martha Bacon

Baroness Bacon

of the City of Leeds and of Normanton in the West Riding of the County of York

24 March 1993

5 November 1970

Janet Bevan

Baroness Lee of Asheridge

of the City of Westminster

16 November 1988

6 November 1970

George Alfred Brown

Baron George-Brown

of Jevington in the County of Sussex

2 June 1985

29 January 1971

William Miles Webster Thomas

Baron Thomas

of Remenham in the Royal County of Berkshire

8 February 1980

5 February 1971

Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon

Baron Simon of Glaisdale

of Glaisdale in the North Riding of the County of York

7 May 2006

9 February 1971

Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean

Baron Maclean

of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll

8 February 1990

2 March 1971

Horace Maybray King

Baron Maybray-King

of the City of Southampton

3 September 1986

5 March 1971

Laurence Kerr Olivier

Baron Olivier

of Brighton in the County of Sussex

11 July 1989

20 April 1971

John Passmore Widgery

Baron Widgery

of South Molton in the County of Devon

26 July 1981

30 April 1971

Charles Ian Orr-Ewing

Baron Orr-Ewing

of Little Berkhamsted in the County of Hertford

19 August 1999

1 May 1971

Arthur Vere Harvey

Baron Harvey of Prestbury

of Prestbury in the County Palatine of Chester

5 April 1994

17 May 1971

Robert Norman William Blake

Baron Blake

of Braydeston in the County of Norfolk

20 September 2003

18 May 1971

Beatrice Nancy Seear

Baroness Seear

of Paddington in the City of Westminster

23 April 1997

21 May 1971

Simon Brooke Mackay

Baron Tanlaw

of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries

 

24 May 1971

Janet Mary Young

Baroness Young

of Farnworth in the County Palatine of Lancaster

6 September 2002

4 June 1971

Evelyn Hester Macleod

Baroness Macleod of Borve

of Borve in the Isle of Lewis

17 November 1999

18 June 1971

Solly Zuckerman

Baron Zuckerman

of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk

1 April 1993

20 July 1971

James Dawson Chichester-Clark

Baron Moyola

of Castledawson in the County of Londonderry

17 May 2002

20 April 1972

Michael Edward Adeane

Baron Adeane

of Stamfordham in the County of Northumberland

30 April 1984

24 April 1972

Charles Leslie Hale

Baron Hale

of Oldham in the County Palatine of Lancaster

9 May 1985

26 April 1972

Thomas Clyde Hewlett

Baron Hewlett

of Swettenham in the County of Chester

2 July 1979

28 April 1972

Frederic Seebohm

Baron Seebohm

of Hertford in the County of Hertford

15 December 1990

1 May 1972

John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter

Baron Boyd-Carpenter

of Crux Easton in the County of Southampton

11 July 1998

2 May 1972

Diana Louie Elles

Baroness Elles

of the City of Westminster

 

9 May 1972

Samuel Charles Elworthy

Baron Elworthy

of Timaru in New Zealand and of Elworthy in the County of Somerset

4 April 1993

10 May 1972

Tudor Elwyn Watkins

Baron Watkins

of Glyntawe in the County of Brecknock

2 November 1983

3 July 1972

Harold Samuel

Baron Samuel of Wych Cross

of Wych Cross in the County of Sussex

28 August 1987

10 July 1972

Bernard Edward Fergusson

Baron Ballantrae

of Auchairne in the County of Ayr and of the Bay of Islands in New Zealand

28 November 1980

5 February 1973

Arthur Espie Porritt

Baron Porritt

of Wanganui in New Zealand and of Hampstead in Greater London

1 January 1994

14 March 1973

Leslie Kenneth O'Brien

Baron O'Brien of Lothbury

of the City of London

24 November 1995

18 June 1973

Pamela Sharples

Baroness Sharples

of Chawton in Hampshire

 

22 June 1973

John Desmond Brayley

Baron Brayley

of the City of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan

16 March 1977

25 June 1973

John Henderson Hunt

Baron Hunt of Fawley

of Fawley in the County of Buckingham

28 December 1987

29 June 1973

Rhys Gerran Lloyd

Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran

of Llanwenog in the County of Cardigan

30 January 1991

6 July 1973

Eric Ashby

Baron Ashby

of Brandon in the County of Suffolk

22 October 1992

9 July 1973

Norman Crowther Hunt

Baron Crowther-Hunt

of Eccleshill in the West Riding of the County of York

16 February 1987

16 July 1973

Robert Alexander Allan

Baron Allan of Kilmahew

of Cardross in the County of Dunbarton

4 April 1979

31 January 1974

Denis Arthur Greenhill

Baron Greenhill of Harrow

of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

8 November 2000