Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

The Right Honourable The Lord Glenamara CH PC
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council
In office 5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Jim Prior
Succeeded by	Michael Foot
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 25 April 1972 – 8 April 1976
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Roy Jenkins
Succeeded by	Michael Foot
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office 6 April 1968 – 20 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Patrick Gordon Walker
Succeeded by	Margaret Thatcher
Postmaster General
In office 4 July 1966 – 6 April 1968
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Tony Benn
Succeeded by	Roy Mason
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 16 October 1964 – 4 July 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Martin Redmayne
Succeeded by	John Silkin
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 28 January 1977 – 4 May 2012
Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central
In office 25 October 1951 – 12 October 1976
Preceded by	Lyall Wilkes
Succeeded by	Harry Cowans
Personal details
Born	Edward Watson Short (1912-12-17)17 December 1912 Warcop, England
Died	4 May 2012(2012-05-04) (aged 99) Hexham, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Jennie Sewell ​ ​ (m. 1941; died 2008)​
Children	2
Alma mater	College of the Venerable Bede
Profession	Teacher
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	Durham Light Infantry
Battles/wars	Second World War

Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH, PC (17 December 1912 – 4 May 2012) was a British Labour Party politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson, before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister.

Following the death of James Allason on 16 June 2011, Short was the oldest living former member of the British House of Commons. He died just under a year later, aged 99. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the House of Lords.^[1]