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This is the authorized life of one of the most powerful and controversial Tory politicians of the post war era Lord Hailsham statesman orator writer Christian and patriot had earned Mrs Thatcher s tribute when he finally retired in 1987 that there were few people in public life who had provided such service to his country over a span of forty years As Quintin Hogg Hailsham started his public career in the famous Oxford by election of 1938 He joined the government just before the Suez crisis in 1956 and remained a strong presence in every Tory goverment until his retirement holding a varitety of important posts including Party Chairman when he famously rang the bell to toll the death of the Labour Party The extraordinary drama of the 1963 succession to Macmillan is comprehensively revealed in this book as is Hailsham s highly influential career in the law where he was Lord Chancellor for twelve years after 1970 Lord Hailsham A LIFE
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