Geoffrey Howe
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015) was a British Conservative politician.
Howe was born in Port Talbot, Wales. He read Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and had a career as a lawyer before becoming a Member of Parliament. In 1953, he married Elspeth Howe.
He was MP for Bebington from 1964-1966, for Reigate from 1970-1974 and for East Surrey from 1974-1992. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1979-1983 and was Foreign Secretary from 1983-1989. He was made a life peer in 1992. He was close friends with Denis Healey. Healey died a few days before Howe.
Howe died of a heart attack in Warwickshire, England at the age of 88.[1]
Geoffrey Howe Media
Howe (left) in conversation with West German counterpart Hans-Dietrich Genscher, 1986
Howe with US president Ronald Reagan in 1986
Howe with US president George H. W. Bush in 1989
Depicted person: Geoffrey Howe – British politician (1926–2015)
Coronet of a British Baron
Howe of Aberavon Escutcheon
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References
- ↑ "Ex-Tory chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe dies aged 88". BBC News. 10 October 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34495827. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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