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William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (28 June, 1918 – 1 July, 1999) was a British Conservative politician. Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border (26 May 1955 – 28 July 1983). He was the first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland after the imposition of direct rule in 1972. While he was a Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Lords, Margaret Thatcher relied on him heavily, even declaring that "every Prime Minister needs a Willie".

Resources in This Category

• BBC News: Death of First Norther Ireland Secretary

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/337495.stm
  News of Viscount William Whitelaw's death.

• BBC News: Profile: Viscount William Whitelaw

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2593673.stm
  A look at William Whitelaw as the first Northern Ireland Secretary.

• BBC News: Whitelaw: The Archetypal Tory

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/382770.stm
  A look at William Whitelaw's image as a pleasant, bumbling old Tory duffer.

• New Statesman: Everyone needs a Willie

  http://www.newstatesman.com/node/143965
  Malcolm Rifkind reviews Splendid! Splendid!: the authorised biography of Willie Whitelaw.

• Wikipedia: William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whitelaw,_1st_Viscount_Whitelaw
  Article updated by the public about the MP for Penrith and The Border from 1955 to 1983. Includes biography, political career, to his death in 1999, references and related links.

 

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