Woodrow Wyatt
British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford (4 July 1918 – 7 December 1997) was a British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster, close to the Queen Mother, Margaret Thatcher and Rupert Murdoch. For the last twenty years of his life, he was chairman of the state betting organisation The Tote.
Quick Facts The Right HonourableThe Lord Wyatt of Weeford, Member of Parliament for Bosworth ...
The Lord Wyatt of Weeford | |
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Member of Parliament for Bosworth | |
In office 8 October 1959 – 29 May 1970 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Allen |
Succeeded by | Adam Butler |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 6 May 1955 | |
Preceded by | Redvers Prior |
Succeeded by | Julius Silverman |
Personal details | |
Born | Woodrow Lyle Wyatt (1918-07-04)4 July 1918 Surrey, England |
Died | 7 December 1997(1997-12-07) (aged 79) London, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouses | Susan Cox
(divorced)Nora Robbins
(divorced)Lady Moorea Hastings
(m. 1957; div. 1966)Verushka Banszky von Ambroz (née Racz)
(m. 1966) |
Children | Pericles Plantagenet James Casati Wyatt (by third wife Moorea Hastings) Petronella Aspasia Wyatt (by fourth wife Veronica Banszky von Ambroz) |
Education | Eastbourne College |
Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
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