Keith Joseph

The Lord Joseph
Joseph in 1964
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
11 September 1981 – 21 May 1986
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMark Carlisle
Succeeded byKenneth Baker
Secretary of State for Industry
In office
4 May 1979 – 11 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byEric Varley
Succeeded byPatrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Social Services
In office
20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byRichard Crossman
Succeeded byBarbara Castle
Junior ministerial offices
Minister for Housing and Local Government
In office
13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byCharles Hill
Succeeded byRichard Crossman
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
13 June 1974 – 11 February 1975
LeaderEdward Heath
Preceded byJim Prior
Succeeded byIan Gilmour
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
12 October 1987 – 10 December 1994
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Leeds North East
In office
9 February 1956 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byOsbert Peake
Succeeded byTimothy Kirkhope
Personal details
Born
Keith Sinjohn Joseph[1]

(1918-01-17)17 January 1918
London, England
Died10 December 1994(1994-12-10) (aged 76)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Hellen Guggenheimer
(m. 1951; div. 1985)
Yolanda Castro Sheriff
(m. 1990)
Parent
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War II

Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a minister under four prime ministers: Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher. He was a key influence in the creation of what came to be known as Thatcherism.[2]

Joseph introduced the concept of the social market economy into Britain, an economic and social system inspired by Christian democracy.[3] He also co-founded the Centre for Policy Studies writing its first publication: Why Britain needs a Social Market Economy.[4]

  1. ^ "OBITUARY: Lord Joseph". The Independent. London: INM. 12 December 1994. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Keith Joseph, the father of Thatcherism, 'was autistic' claims". The Independent. 12 July 2006.
  3. ^ Birnie, Esmond. "Christianity and the Social Market Economy in Britain, Germany and Northern Ireland" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ Turner, Rachel S. (2008). Neo-liberal Ideology: History, Concepts and Policies. ISBN 9780748632688. Retrieved 30 July 2017.