Ian Gow

Ian Gow ( born February 11, 1937 † 30 July 1990 Hankham, East Sussex ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party and Minister.

Biography

After education at Winchester School, he joined the British Army in 1956, where he served as an officer in the 15th/17th Hussars was on duty until 1962. He then studied law and then worked as a solicitor.

His political career began in 1966 when he was first elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party for Members of the House of Commons. After the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the of this. 1983 appointed him Prime Minister Thatcher to Housing Minister (Minister of Housing ) and then in 1985 to minister to the Treasury (Treasury).

In protest against the Thatcher signed with the Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald Anglo-Irish Agreement ( Hillsborough Agreement), he joined in 1986 by his cabinet post back. His subsequent further vigorous condemnation of the activities of the IRA and any type relaxation of the obligation of the United Kingdom with respect to Northern Ireland, coupled with its continuing close relationship with Margaret Thatcher, who continued to seek his advice, meant that he as a priority objective of the IRA in a car bomb attack was killed.

Gow was a close friend of Geoffrey Howe, the longtime foreign minister Thatcher.

Source

  • " Chambers Biographical Dictionary ", p 627, 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
  • Minister (United Kingdom)
  • Member of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
  • Briton
  • Born in 1937
  • Died in 1990
  • Man
  • Politicians ( 20th century)
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