Ted Heath

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox prime minister |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name             = Sir Edward Heath |birthname        = Edward Richard George Heath |honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KG|MBE}} |image            = Heathdod.JPG |caption          = |office           = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] |term_start       = 19 June 1970 |term_end         = 4 March 1974 |monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]] |predecessor      = [[Harold Wilson]] |successor        = Harold Wilson |office1          = [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] |term_start1      = 4 March 1974 |term_end1        = 11 February 1975 |monarch1         = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister1   = [[Harold Wilson]] |predecessor1     = Harold Wilson |successor1       = [[Margaret Thatcher]] |term_start2      = 28 July 1965 |term_end2        = 19 June 1970 |monarch2         = Elizabeth II |primeminister2   = Harold Wilson |predecessor2     = [[Alec Douglas-Home|Sir Alec Douglas-Home]] |successor2       = Harold Wilson |office3          = [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] |predecessor3     = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |successor3       = Margaret Thatcher |term_start3      = 28 July 1965 |term_end3        = 11 February 1975 |office4          = [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] |leader4          = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |term_start4      = 27 October 1964 |term_end4        = 27 July 1965 |predecessor4     = [[Reginald Maudling]] |successor4       = [[Iain Macleod]] |office5          = [[President of the Board of Trade]] |term_start5      = 20 October 1963 |term_end5        = 16 October 1964 |primeminister5   = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |predecessor5     = [[Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale|Fred Erroll]] |successor5       = [[Douglas Jay, Baron Jay|Douglas Jay]] |office6          = [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development]] |term_start6      = 20 October 1963 |term_end6        = 16 October 1964 |primeminister6   = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |predecessor6     = Position created |successor6       = Position abolished |office7          = [[Lord Privy Seal]] |term_start7      = 14 February 1960 |term_end7        = 18 October 1963 |primeminister7   = [[Harold Macmillan]] |predecessor7     = [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|The Viscount Hailsham]] |successor7       = [[Selwyn Lloyd]] |office8          = [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] |term_start8      = 14 October 1959 |term_end8        = 27 July 1960 |primeminister8   = Harold Macmillan |predecessor8     = Iain Macleod |successor8       = [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]] |office9          = [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury]]<br />[[Chief Whip|Government Chief Whip]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |term_start9      = 7 April 1955 |term_end9        = 14 June 1959 |primeminister9   = {{Ublist|[[Anthony Eden|Sir Anthony Eden]]|Harold Macmillan}} |predecessor9     = [[Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes|Patrick Buchan-Hepburn]] |successor9       = [[Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne of Rushcliffe|Martin Redmayne]] |office10         = [[Father of the House]] |term_start10     = 9 April 1992 |term_end10       = 7 June 2001 |predecessor10    = [[Bernard Braine]] |successor10      = [[Tam Dalyell]] |office11         = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br/ >for [[Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)|Old Bexley and Sidcup]]<br/ >{{small|[[Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)|Sidcup]] (1974&ndash;1983)<br/ >[[Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)|Bexley]] (1950&ndash;1974)}} |term_start11     = 23 February 1950 |term_end11       = 7 June 2001 |predecessor11    = [[Ashley Bramall]] |successor11      = [[Derek Conway]] |birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|7|9|}} |birth_place      = [[Broadstairs]], [[Kent]], UK |death_date       = {{Death date and age|2005|7|17|1916|7|9|df=yes}} |death_place      = [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], UK |resting_place    = [[Salisbury Cathedral]] |alma_mater       = [[Balliol College, Oxford]] |profession       = {{Hlist|[[Civil servant]]|[[Classical music|classical]] [[organist]]|[[journalist]]|[[politician]]|[[yachtsman]]|}} |nationality      = British |religion         = [[Church of England|Anglican]] |party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |signature        = Signature of Edward Heath.png |allegiance       = {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} |branch           = {{Army|United Kingdom}} |unit             = [[Royal Artillery]] <br /> [[Honourable Artillery Company]] |rank             = [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] |battles          = [[Second World War]] |mawards          = [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]], Military Division <br /> [[Mentioned in Dispatches]] }}