Early life
Powell was born on June 16, 1912 in Birmingham, England and raised there.[1] He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and at School of Oriental and African Studies.
Before becoming a politician, Powell was a professor of Ancient Greek at Sydney University, Australia. When World War II, started he joined the British Army in 1939 as a private but, by 1945, had been promoted to Brigadier.
Political career
He was elected to the House of Commons in 1950, and was a government minister in 1957-1958 and again between 1960 and 1963. In 1962 when he was Minister of Health he launched the Hospital Plan which had plans for 90 new hospitals, 134 to be rebuilt and about 1000 more small hospitals to be closed - the biggest building programme the NHS had seen.[2]
He made a speech in 1968 in which he said that if the United Kingdom let too many immigrants live there, there would be fighting in the streets.[3]
In 1974 he left the Conservative Party before the February election, and became an MP in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party in October 1974.
Personal life
Powell was married to Pamela Wilson from 1952 until his death in 1998. They had two daughters.
Death
Powell was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1992. He died on February 8, 1998 in London, England from the illness, aged 85.[4] He is buried at Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.[5]
References
- ↑ Griffiths, David, Enoch Powell, UK, archived from the original (Official portrait) on 2007-09-28, retrieved 2012-12-13
- ↑ Abel-Smith, Brian (1978). National Health Service The first thirty years. London: HMSO. ISBN 0113202490.
- ↑ Stacey, Tom (1970). Immigration and Enoch Powell. London. OCLC 151226.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Obituary of Enoch Powell". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 February 1998.
- ↑ Powell's grave in Warwick Cemetery (photos), Find a Grave
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