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About Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history. Regarded as one of the most significant Labour Party politicians, Castle developed a close political partnership with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and held several roles in the Cabinet. She was the first woman to have held the office of First Secretary of State.
Everything about Barbara Castle →- Occupation
- politician, journalist, diarist
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament, member of the House of Lords, Secretary of State for Social Services, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- October 6, 1910
- Died
- May 3, 2002