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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and ...
Hilary Benn (brother) Melissa Benn (sister) Alma mater. Keele University. Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (born 21 August 1951), is a British hereditary peer and Labour member of the House of Lords.
Deo Favente. ("With God's favour") Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in the County of Essex, [2] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the Labour politician, former Secretary of State for India and future Secretary of State for Air, William Wedgwood Benn. He was the second son of Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet ...
Josiah Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood FRS (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) [1] was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of European pottery. [2]
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate, DSO , DFC , PC (10 May 1877 – 17 November 1960) was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. A decorated Royal Air Force officer, he was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946. He was the father of Tony Benn ...
Benn family. Coat of arms of Viscount Stansgate, title held by the Benn family. The Benn family is a British family that has been prominent in UK politics, government, public service, and business since the late nineteenth century. Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet (1850–1922), Liberal MP 1892–1910. Sir Ernest Benn, 2nd Baronet (1875-1954), civil ...
In 1920, she married the politician William Wedgwood Benn.The couple had four sons; the eldest, Michael, died in 1944 in a wartime accident, the Labour politician Tony Benn (1925–2014), David (1928–2017), a Russia specialist long with the BBC, [3] and Jeremy, their last son, who was stillborn.
Sonja Kristina (Left), Chris Harris (Centre), Kit Morgan (Right), Andy Tween (Obscured) Curved Air are an English progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classical, folk and electronic sound. The resulting sound of the band is a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with ...