Autographs of Denis Healey
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the longest-serving Defence Secretary to date. He was a Member of Parliament from 1952 to 1992, and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. To the public at large, Healey became well known for his bushy eyebrows, his avuncular manner and his creative turns of phrase.
Healey attended the University of Oxford and served as a Major in the Second World War. He was later an agent for the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the Foreign Office dedicated to spreading anti-communist propaganda during the early Cold War. Healey was first elected to Parliament in a by-election in 1952 for the seat of Leeds South East. He moved to the seat of Leeds East at the 1955 election, which he represented until his retirement at the 1992 election.
After Labour's victory at the 1964 election, he was appointed to the Cabinet by Prime Minister Harold Wilson as Defence Secretary; he held this role until Labour's defeat at the 1970 election, making him the longest-serving Secretary of State for Defence to date. When Labour returned to power after the 1974 election, Wilson appointed Healey Chancellor of the Exchequer. He stood for the leadership of the Labour Party in the election to replace Wilson in March 1976, but lost to James Callaghan; Callaghan retained Healey as Chancellor in his new government. During his time as Chancellor, Healey notably sought an international loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the British economy, which imposed external conditions on public spending.
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Traded items with a signature of Denis Healey
The most expensive item with a signature of Denis Healey (Neil KINNOCK Michael FOOT Denis HEALEY John SMITH Labour MP Signed FDC + COA) was sold in January 2026 for £104.69 while the cheapest item (Baron Denis Healey MBE Labour MP hand signed Postcard) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2023. The month with the most items sold (5) was September 2013 with an average selling price of £5.99 for an autographed item of Denis Healey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with £104.69 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from Denis Healey is worth £5.00.
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