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Shirley Williams
Also Known As: Baroness Williams of Crosby
Birth Date
July 27, 1930
Death Date
April 12, 2021
(passed away at 90)
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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Biography
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic who represented the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Her career in politics spanned more than 50 years, after she first entered Parliament as the Labour MP for Hitchin in 1964. She retired from political life in 2016, after leading the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
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Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979 • 56 episodes
World in Action
1963 • 1 episode
In Confidence
2010 • 1 episode
Edwardian Britain in Colour
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2019 • 2 episodes
The Wilderness Years
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1995 • 4 episodes
Cabinet Confidential
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2001
A Marriage Made In Portsmouth
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2008
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
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2011
How to Be Prime Minister
Self
1996
Harold Wilson: A Life
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1995