Roy Jenkins

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (November 11, 1920 – January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour Member of Parliament in the 1960s and 1970s, and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Early life

Born in Abersychan, Monmouthshire in south-eastern Wales, as an only child, Roy Jenkins was the son of a National Union of Mineworkers official, Arthur Jenkins, who was wrongly imprisoned during the 1926 General Strike for his supposed involvement in a riot, and later an MP, who was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clement Attlee and briefly a minister in the 1945 government. His mother, Hattie Harris was the daughter of a local steelworks manager. Jenkins was educated at Abersychan County School, University College, Cardiff, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took First Class Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). University colleagues included Tony Crosland, Denis Healey, and Edward Heath. During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery and then at Bletchley Park. He married Jennifer Morris, Dame Jennifer Jenkins in 1945.

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Abersychan - Monmouthshire - Wales - National Union of Mineworkers - Arthur Jenkins - 1926 - General Strike - MP - Parliamentary Private Secretary - Clement Attlee - 1945 - Hattie Harris - Abersychan County School - University College, Cardiff - Balliol College, Oxford - First Class Honours - Philosophy, Politics and Economics - Tony Crosland - Denis Healey - Edward Heath - World War II - Royal Artillery - Bletchley Park - Jennifer Morris - Dame Jennifer Jenkins

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