Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
Terence Langley "Terry" Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC (born January 18, 1928 in Lambeth , London ) is a former conservative British politician . He was also a silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games as a track and field athlete and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki .
Higgins was MP in the House of Commons for the Worthing constituency from 1964 to 1979 , and Treasury Secretary of State from 1972 to 1974.
He served from 1946 to 1948 in the Royal Air Force and was a member of the British Olympic team in 1952. Over the 400 meters he was eliminated in the quarter-finals, with the 4-by-400-meter relay he reached the final, where the British ranked five occupied.
In 1993 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire . In 1997 he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Higgins , of Worthing in the County of West Sussex, and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since .
family
His wife, Dame Rosalyn Higgins , is a former President of the International Court of Justice .
Web links
- Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Worthing MP's plan could 'save nation millions' . Mid Sussex Times . January 30, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ↑ Frances Cairncross, Alec Cairncross: The Legacy of the golden age: the 1960s and their economic consequences . Routledge, 1992, ISBN 0-415-07154-2 , p. 194.
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| SURNAME | Higgins, Terence, Baron Higgins |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Higgins, Terence Langley, Baron Higgins; Higgins, Terry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Conservative politician and athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lambeth , London |