PRIME MINISTER EDWARD HEATH (GREAT BRITAIN) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/26/1977 - HFSID 23784
Sale Price $165.00
Reg. $200.00
EDWARD HEATH
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom signs this typed letter in which he thanks an
admirer for a kind letter about his book, signed in blue ink
Typed Letter Signed: "Edward Heath" in blue ink. One page. 5¾x8¼. Place: House of
Commons. London, England, United Kingdom. Date: July 26, 1977. Addressed to: Mrs.
Harry Koffman. Salutation and closing in Heath's hand. In full: "Thank you very much for
your letter of 20 July, and for the kind words which it contained. I am so glad that you enjoyed
'These Twenty-Five Years', and I am most grateful to you for taking the trouble to write to me."
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (1916-2005) was a Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. In
1971 he signed the treaty bringing Britain into the European Community and resigned as
Prime Minister after trying in vain to form a coalition with the Liberal Party; regardless
losing a second general election in October that year, Heath vowed to continue as leader of his
party. In February 1975, however, his former Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher
challenged and defeated Heath to win the leadership. After his return to the backbenches,
he became an active critic of Thatcher's policies as leader and, from 1979, as Prime Minister.
Heath remained a backbench MP until retiring in 2001, serving as the Father of the House
for his last nine years in Parliament. In August 2015 police started investigating multiple
claims of historic child sexual abuse by Heath.Light ink smudge touches 1 word. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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