Harold Watkinson
Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson, CH, PC (25 January 1910, in Walton on Thames – 19 December 1995, in Bosham) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation between 1955 and 1959 and a cabinet member as Minister of Defence between 1959 and 1962, when he was sacked in the Night of the Long Knives. In 1964 he was ennobled as Viscount Watkinson.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Watkinson CH PC | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 20 December 1955 – 14 October 1959 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Sir Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Marples |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 13 July 1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Duncan Sandys |
| Succeeded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Member of Parliament for Woking | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 26 June 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Cranley Onslow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1910 |
| Died | 19 December 1995 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
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