Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001. Outside politics, Heath was a yachtsman, a musician, and an author. More about Edward Heath
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Born to a lady's maid and a carpenter, Heath was educated at a grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent (Chatham House Grammar School for boys) and became a leader within student politics while studying at the University of Oxford. He served as an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He worked briefly in the Civil Service, but resigned in order to stand for Parliament, and was elected for Bexley at the 1950 election. He was promoted to become Chief Whip by Anthony Eden in 1955, and in 1959 was appointed to the Cabinet by Harold Macmillan as Minister of Labour. He later held the role of Lord Privy Seal and in 1963, was made President of the Board of Trade by Alec Douglas-Home. After the Conservatives were defeated at the 1964 election, Heath was elected as Leader of the Conservative Party in 1965, becoming Leader of the Opposition. Although he led the Conservatives to a landslide defeat at the 1966 election, he remained in the leadership, and at the 1970 election led his party to an unexpected victory.In total, we tracked 301 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Edward Heath (Signed letter by Prime Minister Edward Heath on Downing Street notepaper) was sold in March 2023 for £400.00 while the cheapest item (Signed copy of Edward Heath (Ted Heath) autobigraphy ‘ The Course of My Life’) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (8) was March 2021 with an average selling price of £16.00 for an autographed item of Edward Heath. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2014 with £49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2023. In average, an autographed item from Edward Heath is worth £10.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Edward Heath were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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AUTOGRAPHED Edward Heath (PM) vinyl LP RCA Records PL 25117 Prime Minister | £2.99 | ||
Edward Heath - British Tory M.P. & Former Prime Minister - Hand Signed Photo | £20.00 | ||
EDWARD HEATH - Signed Book - The Course of My Life - Hardback 1998 - POLITICS | £12.99 | ||
Edward Heath And David Lane Autograph | £12.50 | ||
EDWARD HEATH autograph | £4.99 | ||
Edward Heath Carols - Joy of Christmas (1977) 12 Vinyl LP signed by PM Heath | £9.99 | ||
Edward Heath Signed Book British Prime Minister Rare | £15.00 | ||
EDWARD HEATH Signed Hardback Autobiography - The Course of My Life Hardback 1998 | £20.00 | ||
Edward Heath Signed Letter | £10.00 | ||
Sir Edward Heath - English Prime Minister ( 1970 - !974 ) Hand Signed Letter. | £10.00 |
Member of Edward Heath's government boasted he could cover up a 'scandal involvi (07/07/14): Tim Fortescue, who was a whip in Edward Heath's government between 1970 and 1973, made the boast in a 1995 BBC documentary Westminster's Secret Service.
Edward Heath: The prime minister other Tories want erased from history resurface (05/18/14): Sir Edward Heath, a Tory Prime Minister David Cameron would love to see erased from history, is enjoying a last laugh from beyond the grave. The current Conservative leader shuns the former PM as a wicked uncle whose name must never be uttered in public.
Sir Edward Heath's home opens to the public (03/23/14): The public will be able to view the only residence of a British Prime Minister which remains as it was when he was alive when Sir Edward Heath's Arundell's home opens on Monday