Life peerages created by Harold Wilson (1964–70)
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the latter half of the 20th century. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party from 1964 to 1970, and again from 1974 to 1976. He emerged as Prime Minister after more general elections than any other 20th century premier. He contested five general elections and won four of them, winning in 1964, 1966, February 1974 and October 1974. He is the most recent British Prime Minister to serve non-consecutive terms.
Harold Wilson first served as Prime Minister in the 1960s, during a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity (though also of significant problems with the UK's external balance of payments). His second term in office occurred during the 1970s, when a period of economic crisis was beginning to hit most Western countries. On both occasions, economic concerns were to prove a significant constraint on his governments' ambitions. Wilson's own approach to socialism placed emphasis on efforts to increase opportunity within society, for example through change and expansion within the education system, allied to the technocratic aim of taking better advantage of rapid scientific progress, rather than on the left's traditional goal of promoting wider public ownership of industry. While he did not challenge the Party constitution's stated dedication to nationalisation head-on, he took little action to pursue it either.
Date of creation |
Name |
Title |
Territorial qualification |
Date of extinction (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
27 October 1964 |
Hugh Mackintosh Foot |
Baron Caradon |
of St Cleer in the County of Cornwall |
5 September 1990 |
29 October 1964 |
Charles Percy Snow |
Baron Snow |
of the City of Leicester |
1 July 1980 |
11 November 1964 |
Arthur Gwynne Jones |
Baron Chalfont |
of Llantarnam in the County of Monmouth |
|
7 December 1964 |
Barbara Muriel Brooke |
Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte |
of Ystradfellte in the County of Brecknock |
1 September 2000 |
8 December 1964 |
Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet |
Baroness Emmet of Amberley |
of Amberley in the County of Sussex |
10 October 1980 |
12 December 1964 |
Francis George Bowles |
Baron Bowles |
of Nuneaton in the County of Warwick |
29 December 1970 |
14 December 1964 |
Harold Francis Collison |
Baron Collison |
of Cheshunt in the County of Hertford |
29 December 1995 |
15 December 1964 |
Reginald William Sorensen |
Baron Sorensen |
of Leyton in the County of Essex |
8 October 1971 |
16 December 1964 |
Charles Edward Leatherland |
Baron Leatherland |
of Dunton in the County of Essex |
18 December 1992 |
16 December 1964 |
William Reid Blyton |
Baron Blyton |
of South Shields in the County of Durham |
25 October 1987 |
17 December 1964 |
Archibald Fenner Brockway |
Baron Brockway |
of Eton and of Slough in the County of Buckingham |
28 April 1988 |
17 December 1964 |
William Francis Kenrick Wynne-Jones |
Baron Wynne-Jones |
of Abergele in the County of Denbigh |
8 November 1982 |
18 December 1964 |
Frank Beswick |
Baron Beswick |
of Hucknall in the County of Nottingham |
17 August 1987 |
18 December 1964 |
Samuel Segal |
Baron Segal |
of Wytham in the Royal County of Berkshire |
4 June 1985 |
21 December 1964 |
Norah Mary Phillips |
Baroness Phillips |
of Fulham in the County of London |
14 August 1992 |
21 December 1964 |
Helen Violet Bonham Carter |
Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury |
of Yarnbury in the County of Wiltshire |
19 February 1969 |
22 December 1964 |
Wilfred Banks Duncan Brown |
Baron Brown |
of Machrihanish in the County of Argyll |
17 March 1985 |
22 December 1964 |
Charles Frank Byers |
Baron Byers |
of Lingfield in the County of Surrey |
6 February 1984 |
28 December 1964 |
Donald William Wade |
Baron Wade |
of Huddersfield in the West Riding of the County of York |
6 November 1988 |
29 December 1964 |
Arwyn Randall Davies |
Baron Arwyn |
of Glais in the County of Glamorgan |
23 February 1978 |
1 January 1965 |
James Chuter Ede |
Baron Chuter-Ede |
of Epsom in the County of Surrey |
11 November 1965 |
28 January 1965 |
Christopher Hinton |
Baron Hinton of Bankside |
of Dulwich in the County of London |
22 June 1983 |
29 January 1965 |
William Graham Holford |
Baron Holford |
of Kemp Town in the County of Sussex |
17 October 1975 |
4 February 1965 |
Howard Walter Florey |
Baron Florey |
of Adelaide in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Marston in the County of Oxford |
21 February 1968 |
19 February 1965 |
Richard Austen Butler |
Baron Butler of Saffron Walden |
of Halstead in the County of Essex |
8 March 1982 |
24 March 1965 |
George James Cole |
Baron Cole |
of Blackfriars in the County of London |
29 November 1979 |
10 May 1965 |
Beatrice Plummer |
Baroness Plummer |
of Toppesfield in the County of Essex |
13 June 1972 |
10 May 1965 |
Reginald Alfred Wells-Pestell |
Baron Wells-Pestell |
of Combs in the County of Suffolk |
17 January 1991 |
11 May 1965 |
Harold Anthony Caccia |
Baron Caccia |
of Abernant in the County of Brecknock |
31 October 1990 |
11 May 1965 |
Albert Victor Hilton |
Baron Hilton of Upton |
of Swaffham in the County of Norfolk |
3 May 1977 |
12 May 1965 |
Donald Oliver Soper |
Baron Soper |
of Kingsway in the London Borough of Camden |
22 December 1998 |
12 May 1965 |
Thomas Spensley Simey |
Baron Simey |
of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
27 December 1969 |
13 May 1965 |
John Edwin Haire |
Baron Haire of Whiteabbey |
of Newtown Abbey in the County of Antrim |
7 October 1966 |
13 May 1965 |
Lewis Coleman Cohen |
Baron Cohen |
of Brighton in the County of Sussex |
21 October 1966 |
14 May 1965 |
Ian Winterbottom |
Baron Winterbottom |
of Clopton in the County of Northampton |
4 July 1992 |
14 May 1965 |
Dennis Lloyd |
Baron Lloyd of Hampstead |
of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden |
31 December 1992 |
17 May 1965 |
Clementine Ogilvy Churchill |
Baroness Spencer-Churchill |
of Chartwell in the County of Kent |
12 December 1977 |
22 June 1965 |
Harold Roxbee Cox |
Baron Kings Norton |
of Wotton Underwood in the County of Buckingham |
21 December 1997 |
5 July 1965 |
Russell Claude Brock |
Baron Brock |
of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton |
3 September 1980 |
6 July 1965 |
Richard Ferdinand Kahn |
Baron Kahn |
of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden |
6 June 1989 |
7 July 1965 |
Richard Beeching |
Baron Beeching |
of East Grinstead in the County of Sussex |
23 March 1985 |
16 July 1965 |
Noel Gilroy Annan |
Baron Annan |
of the Royal Burgh of Annan in the County of Dumfries |
21 February 2000 |
20 July 1965 |
Arnold Abraham Goodman |
Baron Goodman |
of the City of Westminster |
12 May 1995 |
7 December 1965 |
Audrey Pellew Hylton-Foster |
Baroness Hylton-Foster |
of the City of Westminster |
31 October 2002 |
14 January 1966 |
John Middleton Campbell |
Baron Campbell of Eskan |
of Camis Eskan in the County of Dumbarton |
26 December 1994 |
15 January 1966 |
William Stephen Richard King-Hall |
Baron King-Hall |
of Headley in the County of Southampton |
2 June 1966 |
17 January 1966 |
Mary Danvers Stocks |
Baroness Stocks |
of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
6 July 1975 |
18 January 1966 |
Israel Moses Sieff |
Baron Sieff |
of Brimpton in the Royal County of Berkshire |
14 February 1972 |
19 January 1966 |
John Scott Fulton |
Baron Fulton |
of Falmer in the County of Sussex |
14 March 1986 |
27 May 1966 |
Arthur Henderson |
Baron Rowley |
of Rowley Regis in the County of Stafford |
28 August 1968 |
31 May 1966 |
George Richard Hodges Nugent |
Baron Nugent of Guildford |
of Dunsfold in the County of Surrey |
16 March 1994 |
1 June 1966 |
Harry Bernard Taylor |
Baron Taylor of Mansfield |
of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham |
11 April 1991 |
2 June 1966 |
William John St. Clair Anstruther-Gray |
Baron Kilmany |
of Kilmany in the County of Fife |
6 August 1985 |
6 June 1966 |
Ernest Popplewell |
Baron Popplewell |
of Sherburn-in-Elmet in the West Riding of the County of York |
11 August 1977 |
7 June 1966 |
Frank Soskice |
Baron Stow Hill |
of Newport in the County of Monmouth |
1 January 1979 |
9 June 1966 |
George Albert Pargiter |
Baron Pargiter |
of Southall in the London Borough of Ealing |
16 January 1982 |
10 June 1966 |
Martin Redmayne |
Baron Redmayne |
of Rushcliffe in the County of Nottingham |
28 April 1983 |
13 June 1966 |
Thomas William Jones |
Baron Maelor |
of Rhosllanerchrugog in the County of Denbigh |
18 November 1984 |
15 June 1966 |
Walter Monslow |
Baron Monslow |
of Barrow-in-Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
12 October 1966 |
16 June 1966 |
Samuel Storey |
Baron Buckton |
of Settrington in the East Riding of the County of York |
17 January 1978 |
23 June 1966 |
Arthur Moyle |
Baron Moyle |
of Llanidloes in the County of Montgomery |
23 December 1974 |
24 June 1966 |
William Hunter McFadzean |
Baron McFadzean |
of Woldingham in the County of Surrey |
14 January 1996 |
4 July 1966 |
Henry Cecil John Hunt |
Baron Hunt |
of Llanvair Waterdine in the County of Salop |
8 November 1998 |
5 July 1966 |
Peter Ritchie Calder |
Baron Ritchie-Calder |
of Balmashannar in the Royal Burgh of Forfar |
31 January 1982 |
11 July 1966 |
John Cooper |
Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath |
of Stockton Heath in the County Palatine of Chester |
2 September 1988 |
20 July 1966 |
Henry Brooke |
Baron Brooke |
of Cumnor in the Royal County of Berkshire |
29 March 1984 |
19 September 1966 |
Evelyn Adelaide Sharp |
Baroness Sharp |
of Hornsey in Greater London |
1 September 1985 |
16 January 1967 |
Robert Platt |
Baron Platt |
of Grindleford in the County of Derby |
30 June 1978 |
17 January 1967 |
Charles Richard Morris |
Baron Morris of Grasmere |
of Grasmere in the County of Westmorland |
30 May 1990 |
18 January 1967 |
Harold Woolley |
Baron Woolley |
of Hatton in the County Palatine of Chester |
31 July 1986 |
19 January 1967 |
Willis Jackson |
Baron Jackson of Burnley |
of Burnley in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
17 February 1970 |
20 January 1967 |
Beatrice Serota |
Baroness Serota |
of Hampstead in Greater London |
21 October 2002 |
6 February 1967 |
George Fielden MacLeod |
Baron MacLeod of Fuinary |
of Fuinary in Morvern in the County of Argyll |
27 June 1991 |
6 July 1967 |
John Primatt Redcliffe Maud |
Baron Redcliffe-Maud |
of the City and County of Bristol |
20 November 1982 |
7 July 1967 |
William George Penney |
Baron Penney |
of East Hendred in the Royal County of Berkshire |
3 March 1991 |
10 July 1967 |
Llewellyn Heycock |
Baron Heycock |
of Taibach in the Borough of Port Talbot |
13 March 1990 |
11 July 1967 |
William John Carron |
Baron Carron |
of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull |
3 December 1969 |
25 August 1967 |
Benjamin Ifor Evans |
Baron Evans of Hungershall |
of the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells |
28 August 1982 |
26 August 1967 |
Alan Raymond Mais |
Baron Mais |
of Walbrook in the City of London |
28 November 1993 |
29 August 1967 |
Annie Patricia Llewelyn-Davies |
Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe |
of Hastoe in the County of Hertford |
6 November 1997 |
30 August 1967 |
Desmond Barel Hirshfield |
Baron Hirshfield |
of Holborn in Greater London |
6 December 1993 |
11 September 1967 |
Frank McLeavy |
Baron McLeavy |
of the City of Bradford |
1 October 1976 |
12 September 1967 |
Edgar Louis Granville |
Baron Granville of Eye |
of Eye in the County of Suffolk |
14 February 1998 |
14 September 1967 |
David Lauchlan Urquhart |
Baron Tayside |
of Queens Well in the Royal Burgh of Forfar and County of Angus |
12 March 1975 |
15 September 1967 |
Alma Birk |
Baroness Birk |
of Regent's Park in Greater London |
29 December 1996 |
18 September 1967 |
William Geoffrey Fiske |
Baron Fiske |
of Brent in Greater London |
13 January 1975 |
19 September 1967 |
Charles James Garnsworthy |
Baron Garnsworthy |
of Reigate in the County of Surrey |
5 September 1974 |
20 September 1967 |
Herbert William Bowden |
Baron Aylestone |
of Aylestone in the City of Leicester |
30 April 1994 |
21 September 1967 |
Edward James Hill |
Baron Hill of Wivenhoe |
of Wivenhoe in the County of Essex |
14 December 1969 |
22 September 1967 |
Harry Douglass |
Baron Douglass of Cleveland |
of Cleveland in the County of York |
5 April 1978 |
13 October 1967 |
Charles George Percy Smith |
Baron Delacourt-Smith |
of New Windsor in the Royal County of Berkshire |
2 August 1972 |
20 November 1967 |
John George Stuart Donaldson |
Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge |
of Kingsbridge in the County of Buckingham |
8 March 1998 |
27 November 1967 |
George Edward Cecil Wigg |
Baron Wigg |
of the Borough of Dudley |
11 August 1983 |
29 November 1967 |
John Mackintosh Foot |
Baron Foot |
of Buckland Monachorum in the County of Devon |
11 October 1999 |
4 December 1967 |
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft |
Baron Thorneycroft |
of Dunston in the County of Stafford |
4 June 1994 |
5 December 1967 |
John MacDonald Bannerman |
Baron Bannerman of Kildonan |
of Kildonan in the County of Sutherland |
10 May 1969 |
6 December 1967 |
Timothy Wentworth Beaumont |
Baron Beaumont of Whitley |
of Childs Hill in Greater London |
9 April 2008 |
18 January 1968 |
William Henry Pilkington |
Baron Pilkington |
of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
22 December 1983 |
19 January 1968 |
William Michael Berry |
Baron Hartwell |
of Peterborough Court in the City of London |
3 April 2001 |
22 January 1968 |
Lewis Tatham Wright |
Baron Wright |
of Ashton-under-Lyne in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
15 September 1974 |
29 January 1968 |
Thomas Johnston Taylor |
Baron Taylor of Gryfe |
of Bridge of Weir in the County of Renfrew |
13 July 2001 |
12 February 1968 |
Humphrey Trevelyan |
Baron Trevelyan |
of Saint Veep in the County of Cornwall |
8 February 1985 |
21 May 1968 |
Laurence Norman Helsby |
Baron Helsby |
of Logmore in the County of Surrey |
5 December 1978 |
20 June 1968 |
Thomas Balogh |
Baron Balogh |
of Hampstead in Greater London |
20 January 1985 |
21 June 1968 |
William Rushton Black |
Baron Black |
of Barrow-in-Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
27 December 1984 |
28 June 1968 |
Geoffrey Crowther |
Baron Crowther |
of Headingley in the West Riding of the County of York |
5 February 1972 |
10 July 1968 |
William David Evans |
Baron Energlyn |
of Caerphilly in the County of Glamorgan |
27 June 1985 |
11 July 1968 |
John Henry Jacques |
Baron Jacques |
of Portsea Island in the County of Southampton |
20 December 1995 |
17 September 1968 |
Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey |
Baron Grey of Naunton |
of Naunton in the County of Gloucester |
17 October 1999 |
9 January 1969 |
Donald Gresham Stokes |
Baron Stokes |
of Leyland in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
21 July 2008 |
27 January 1969 |
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett |
Baron Blackett |
of Chelsea in Greater London |
13 July 1974 |
21 February 1969 |
Joseph John Saville Garner |
Baron Garner |
of Chiddingly in the County of Sussex |
10 December 1983 |
3 March 1969 |
Henry Stephen Wilson |
Baron Wilson of Langside |
of Broughton in the County and City of Edinburgh |
23 November 1997 |
24 March 1969 |
Learie Nicholas Constantine |
Baron Constantine |
of Maraval in Trinidad and Tobago and of Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster |
1 July 1971 |
2 July 1969 |
Paul Henry Gore-Booth |
Baron Gore-Booth |
of Maltby in the West Riding of the County of York |
29 June 1984 |
3 July 1969 |
Sidney Lewis Bernstein |
Baron Bernstein |
of Leigh in the County of Kent |
5 February 1993 |
24 July 1969 |
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark |
Baron Clark |
of Saltwood in the County of Kent |
21 May 1983 |
28 October 1969 |
Robert Lowe Hall |
Baron Roberthall |
of Silverspur in the State of Queensland and Commonwealth of Australia and of Trenance in the County of Cornwall |
17 September 1988 |
16 January 1970 |
John Cowburn Beavan |
Baron Ardwick |
of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
18 August 1994 |
23 January 1970 |
Terence Marne O'Neill |
Baron O'Neill of the Maine |
of Ahoghill in the County of Antrim |
12 June 1990 |
5 February 1970 |
Christopher Frank Kearton |
Baron Kearton |
of Whitchurch in the County of Buckingham |
2 July 1992 |
12 February 1970 |
Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Lady Masham |
Baroness Masham of Ilton |
of Masham in the North Riding of the County of York |
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