Wyatt, Woodrow ___ 1918-1997 ___ British ___ politician writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Wyatt was educated in Eastbourne and at Worcester College, Oxford. He joined the army and served in the Second World War, rising to the rank of Major. In 1945, he was elected to Parliament for Birmingham Aston, and remained an MP until 1955, serving as a junior minister in Clement Atlee's final administration. Subsequently, he worked as a reporter for the BBC, before returning to Parliament in 1959 as member for Bosworth, Leicestershire, which he represented until 1970. After leaving politics, he was appointed chairman of the Horserace Totaliser Board in 1976 (and stayed in that position until the year of his death). He continued his journalistic writing, most notably for the 'News of the World' with a column called 'The Voice of Reason'. He became an admirer and confidante of the Tory leader Margaret Thatcher. In 1987 he was appointed a life peer. He married four times, and was considered one of the most outrageous and outspoken political figures of his age. His diaries were published posthumously in three volumes.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Blatant self-seekers

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1985-1997 ___ political society people culture horses

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts - possibly

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Journals of Woodrow Wyatt
 

December 2005, August 2008, April 2013
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