Sir Henry Willink, 1st Baronet
Politician
1894 – 1973
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Who was Sir Henry Willink, 1st Baronet?
Sir Henry Urmston Willink, 1st Baronet PC, MC, KC, was a British politician and public servant.
He is best known for his service in the Conservative Party as Minister of Health from 1943-1945 in the wartime Coalition Government of the United Kingdom. He proposed many of the bases of the National Health Service later taken up by the Labour Party, although was criticised by his successor, Aneurin Bevan, for having made too many concessions to various vested interests.
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- Born
- Mar 7, 1894
Liverpool - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Eton College
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Jul 20, 1973
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on July 23, 2013
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