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John Stonehouse

British politician & novelist (1925-1988)
Person human Q1639223

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
July 28, 1925
Date of death
April 14, 1988
Place of birth
Southampton
Place of death
Southampton
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
politician, novelist, spy
Field of work
cooperative, cooperative movement[9][10]
Position held
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Educated at
London School of Economics and Political Science[22]
Member of political party
Liberal Democrats, Labour Party[24][25]
Genre
political thriller[26]
Work location
London[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[33]
Candidacy in election
1964 United Kingdom general election, 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1970 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 United Kingdom general election[37][38][39][40][41][42]
Convicted of
fraud[32]
Different from
John Stonehouse, James L. Lund[35][36]
Family name
Stonehouse[27]
Given name
John, Thomson[28][29]
Name in native language
John Stonehouse[34]
Pseudonym
James Lund[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Lund en John Thomson Stonehouse en John Stonehouse ar جون ستونهاوس de John Thomson Stonehouse de James Lund el Τζον Στόουνχαουζ fi John Thomson Stonehouse ja ジョン・ストーンハウス sv John Thomson Stonehouse tr John Thomson Stonehouse zh 約翰·史東豪斯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
000000003615642X
VIAF cluster ID
1444942, 11001538
Library of Congress authority ID
n84068337, n85142685
GND ID
132238934
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
11.12.67 Présentation officielle du Concorde (1967) - 53Fi1742 (John Stonehouse).jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
13006598
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
132238934
FAST ID
128472
Freebase ID
/m/01_8xh
GTAA ID
158330
Goodreads author ID
7759624
Hansard (1803–2005) ID
mr-john-stonehouse
Show all 34 identifiers +22
IdRef ID
268509271, 278975453
JRC Names ID
777933
LibraryThing author ID
stonehousejohn-1
NUKAT ID
n2016087185
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000013156
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007322881605171
National Library of Wales Authority ID
stonehouse-john-thomson-1925-1989, stonehouse-john-thomson-1925-1988
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp63148
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071827285
Notable Names Database ID
856/000164364
Open Library ID
OL4767576A, OL6324255A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
333220
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
39863
PACE member ID
944
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
5888
SNAC ARK ID
w6mn274d
SNARC ID
Roccamonfina
TheyWorkForYou ID
19212
UK National Archives ID
F62170
WikiTree person ID
Stonehouse-473
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkxPkJ8j9YJDvQR43dqQq
Yale LUX ID
person/bf78d5ad-f4c6-45c0-a40a-5137b00bfed9

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🔗 Connections
Candidacy in election 6
1970 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 United Kingdom general election, 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1966 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 United Kingdom general election
Occupation 3
politician, novelist, spy
Field of work 2
cooperative, cooperative movement
Member of political party 2
Labour Party, Liberal Democrats
Convicted of 1
fraud
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
London School of Economics and Political Science
Genre 1
political thriller
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Southampton
Place of death 1
Southampton
Position held 1
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
SNARC ID 1
Roccamonfina
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
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Summary

John Stonehouse was born on July 28, 1925[1], in Southampton[2]. He died on April 14, 1988[3], in Southampton[4]. He worked as a politician[5], novelist[6], and spy[7].

FAQs

Where was John Stonehouse born?

John Stonehouse was born in Southampton[2].

Where did John Stonehouse die?

John Stonehouse passed away in Southampton[4].

What did John Stonehouse do for work?

John Stonehouse worked as a politician[5], novelist[6], and spy[7].

Where did John Stonehouse go to school?

John Stonehouse was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science[22].

Related Entities

London Roccamonfina United Kingdom

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  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . pace.coe.int. wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . pace.coe.int. wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . lrb.co.uk. lrb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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