Barbara Castle
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Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female
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Castle as Minister for Overseas Development meeting John Tembo, Malawi Minister of Finance, 1965
Castle authorised the construction of the Humber Bridge (pictured in 1980, prior to completion)
James Callaghan removed Castle from his Cabinet
Jack Straw
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John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of Sta
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…Member of Parliament for Blackburn Blackburn East (1950–1955) In office 5 July 1945 – 7 April 1979 Preceded by George Sampson Elliston Succeeded by Jack Straw Personal details Born Barbara Anne Betts 6 October 1910 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Died 3 May 2002 (aged 91) Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, England…
Official portrait, 2015
Straw appears at a press conference with United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
Straw meets with US Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz and UK Ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer in 2001.
Official portrait, 2007