Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

The Lord Glenamara
Short in 1964
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
In office
5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byJim Prior
Succeeded byMichael Foot
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
25 April 1972 – 8 April 1976
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byRoy Jenkins
Succeeded byMichael Foot
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
6 April 1968 – 20 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Succeeded byMargaret Thatcher
Postmaster General
In office
4 July 1966 – 6 April 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byTony Benn
Succeeded byRoy Mason
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
16 October 1964 – 4 July 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byMartin Redmayne
Succeeded byJohn Silkin
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
28 January 1977 – 4 May 2012
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle upon Tyne Central
In office
25 October 1951 – 12 October 1976
Preceded byLyall Wilkes
Succeeded byHarry Cowans
Personal details
Born
Edward Watson Short

(1912-12-17)17 December 1912
Warcop, England
Died4 May 2012(2012-05-04) (aged 99)
Hexham, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Jennie Sewell
(m. 1941; died 2008)
Children2
Alma materCollege of the Venerable Bede
ProfessionTeacher
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankCaptain
UnitDurham Light Infantry
Battles/warsSecond World War

Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH, PC (17 December 1912 – 4 May 2012) was a British Labour Party politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson, before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister.

Following the death of James Allason on 16 June 2011, Short was the oldest living former member of the British House of Commons. He died just under a year later, aged 99. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the House of Lords.[1]

  1. ^ "Lord Glenamara of Glenridding, 1912–2012 – Northumbria University, Newcastle UK". Northumbria.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.