John Stonehouse

John Stonehouse
Stonehouse in 1967
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office 1 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Himself (Postmaster General)
Succeeded by	Christopher Chataway
Postmaster General
In office 1 July 1968 – 1 October 1969
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Roy Mason
Succeeded by	Position abolished Himself (Minister, Posts and Telecommunications) The 2nd Viscount Hall (Chairman, Post Office)
Member of Parliament for Walsall North
In office 28 February 1974 – 27 August 1976
Preceded by	William Wells
Succeeded by	Robin Hodgson
Member of Parliament for Wednesbury
In office 28 February 1957 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by	Stanley Evans
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	John Thomson Stonehouse (1925-07-28)28 July 1925[1] Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died	14 April 1988(1988-04-14) (aged 62) Totton, Hampshire, England
Political party	Labour Co-operative (1941–1976) English National (1976) SDP (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988)
Spouses	Barbara Smith ​ ​ (m. 1948; div. 1978)​ Sheila Buckley ​ ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	4
Alma mater	London School of Economics

John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 1925 – 14 April 1988) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, businessman and minister who attended the cabinet of Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974. It is also alleged that Stonehouse had been an agent for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic military intelligence.^[2]