Autographs of Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995), was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, Leader of the Opposition twice from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1970 to 1974, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed governments following four general elections.
Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, to a politically active lower middle-class family, Wilson studied a combined degree of 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.
Wilson led Labour to a narrow victory at the 1964 election. His first period as prime minister saw a period of low unemployment and economic prosperity; this was however hindered by significant problems with Britain's external balance of payments. His government oversaw significant societal changes, abolishing both capital punishment and theatre censorship, partially decriminalising male homosexuality in England and Wales, relaxing the divorce laws, limiting immigration, outlawing racial discrimination, and liberalising birth control and abortion law. In the midst of this programme, Wilson called a snap election in 1966, which Labour won with a much increased majority. His government armed Nigeria during the Biafran War. In 1969, he sent British troops to Northern Ireland. After unexpectedly losing the 1970 election to Edward Heath's Conservatives, Wilson chose to remain in the Labour leadership, and resumed the role of Leader of the Opposition for four years before leading Labour through the February 1974 election, which resulted in a hung parliament. Wilson was appointed prime minister for a second time; he called a snap election in October 1974, which gave Labour a small majority. During his second term as prime minister, Wilson oversaw the referendum that confirmed the UK's membership of the European Communities. In 1975, his government set up the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland. While out of office in late 1971, Wilson had formulated a 16-point, 15-year programme that was designed to pave the way for the unification of Ireland.
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Current items with a signature of Harold Wilson
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Traded items with a signature of Harold Wilson
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 £3,500.00 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 2020 with an average selling price of £19.99 for an autographed item of Harold Wilson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with £164.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.75 was November 2015. In average, an autographed item from Harold Wilson is worth £22.00.
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Latest News about Harold Wilson
By-election battlegrounds: Everything you need to know about next week's three c (12/07/2023): 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 (05/06/2023): 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 (23/01/2015): 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 (22/01/2015): 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 (18/01/2015): LABOUR Prime Minister Harold Wilson played hide and seek with the Queen at Balmoral, it was revealed yesterday.
Older News Stories about Harold Wilson
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.
