James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970 and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed administrations following four general elections. More about Harold Wilson
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Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, to a politically active middle-class family, Wilson studied philosophy, politics and economics at Jesus College, Oxford. He was later an economic history lecturer at New College, Oxford, and a research fellow at University College, Oxford. Elected to Parliament in 1945, Wilson was appointed to the Attlee government as a Parliamentary Secretary; he became Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947, and was elevated to the Cabinet shortly thereafter as President of the Board of Trade. Following Labour's defeat at the 1955 election, Wilson joined the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chancellor, and was moved to the role of Shadow Foreign Secretary in 1961. When Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell died suddenly in January 1963, Wilson won the subsequent leadership election to replace him, becoming Leader of the Opposition.In total, we tracked 463 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Harold Wilson (James Callaghan - A House Divided - signed to Harold Wilson 1973 UK 1st DJ) was sold in October 2021 for £3500.00 while the cheapest item (HAROLD WILSON - A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers - AUTOGRAPHED - see photos) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2024. The month with the most items sold (14) was January 2021 with an average selling price of £19.99 for an autographed item of Harold Wilson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2014 with £92.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.75 was November 2015. In average, an autographed item from Harold Wilson is worth £19.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Harold Wilson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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1985 ROYAL MAIL GREAT BRITAIN BRADBURY FDC SIGNED thelate PM HAROLD WILSON 15/50 | £16.62 | ||
2 Signed Books. Harold Wilson/Mary Wilson. A Prime Minister On Prime Ministers + | £22.00 | ||
HAROLD WILSON - A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers - AUTOGRAPHED - see photos | £0.99 | ||
Harold Wilson A Prime Minister On Prime Ministers Illustrated Signed DW 1st | £36.00 | ||
HAROLD WILSON autograph | £5.99 | ||
Harold Wilson by Michael Foot, A Pictorial Biography 1964 signed by author | £0.99 | ||
SIGNED BY HAROLD WILSON A PRIME MINISTER ON PRIME MINISTER (HB & 1st ED) | £39.99 | ||
Signed Copy. A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers. Harold Wilson. | £19.99 | ||
SIGNED The Governance Of Britain Harold Wilson, Book Club Associates | £24.00 | ||
TWO Harold Wilson volumes: Signed copy 'Governance of Britain': & ' Final Term': | £27.00 |
By-election battlegrounds: Everything you need to know about next week's three c (07/12/23): On 20 July, Rishi Sunak could become the first prime minister since Harold Wilson in 1968 to lose three seats at by-elections on the same day.
'A champion of devolution': Former Welsh secretary dies (06/05/23): Lord Morris of Aberavon, the last surviving member of Harold Wilson's cabinet and the last surviving Labour MP elected in the 1950s, has died aged 91.
On this day 40 years ago, Harold Wilson announced that a referendum on Britain’s (01/23/15): On this day 40 years ago, Harold Wilson announced that a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community would be held within six months.
Harold Wilson's classic Vanden Plas Princess car goes up for sale for £25,000 (01/22/15): The vehicle, which was modified to allow Mr Wilson to make a quick getaway, is being sold by classic car dealer James Szkiler from his dealership in Malton, North Yorkshire.
Day Harold Wilson had to go into hiding (01/18/15): LABOUR Prime Minister Harold Wilson played hide and seek with the Queen at Balmoral, it was revealed yesterday.
From 1964: Harold Wilson faces a crisis of financial confidence (11/2014): IN The Sunday Times Business News of November 22, 1964, Anthony Vice reported: Mr Wilson’s government has urgently to cope with a major crisis of confidence, both in Britain and abroad, over its economic and financial policy.