Keith Joseph

The Right Honourable
The Lord Joseph
CH PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Joseph CH PC
	Joseph in 1964
Secretary of State for Education and Science
	In office; 11 September 1981 – 21 May 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Mark Carlisle
Succeeded by	Kenneth Baker
Secretary of State for Industry
	In office; 4 May 1979 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Eric Varley
Succeeded by	Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Social Services
	In office; 20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Richard Crossman
Succeeded by	Barbara Castle
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices
Minister for Housing and Local Government
	In office; 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan; Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Charles Hill
Succeeded by	Richard Crossman
Minister of State for Trade
	In office; 9 October 1961 – 13 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Frederick Erroll
Succeeded by	Alan Green
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
	In office; 22 October 1959 – 9 October 1961
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Reginald Bevins
Succeeded by	George Jellicoe
Leader
Shadow Cabinet offices
Shadow Home Secretary
	In office; 13 June 1974 – 11 February 1975
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Jim Prior
Succeeded by	Ian Gilmour
Shadow Secretary of State for Social Services
	In office; 4 March 1974 – 12 March 1974
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	John Silkin
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Howe
Shadow President of the Board of Trade; Shadow Secretary of State for Trade
	In office; 23 February 1967 – 20 June 1970
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Anthony Barber
Succeeded by	Roy Mason
Shadow Minister for Power
	In office; 23 February 1967 – 11 October 1967
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Anthony Barber
Succeeded by	Margaret Thatcher
Shadow Minister for Labour
	In office; 4 August 1965 – 23 February 1967
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Joseph Godber
Succeeded by	Robert Carr
Shadow Minister for Social Services
	In office; 29 October 1964 – 20 April 1966
Leader	Alec Douglas-Home; Edward Heath
Preceded by	Bernard Braine
Succeeded by	Mervyn Pike
Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government
	In office; 16 October 1964 – 29 October 1964
Leader	Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Michael Stewart
Succeeded by	John Boyd-Carpenter
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords ; Lord Temporal
	In office; 12 October 1987 – 10 December 1994 ; Life peerage
Member of Parliament; for Leeds North East
	In office; 9 February 1956 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	Osbert Peake
Succeeded by	Timothy Kirkhope
Personal details
Born	Keith Sinjohn Joseph; 17 January 1918; London, England
Died	10 December 1994 (aged 76); London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	; Hellen Guggenheimer (m. 1951; div. 1985) ; Yolanda Castro Sheriff (m. 1990)
Parent	Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet (father);
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	World War II

Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a minister under four prime ministers: Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher. He was a key influence in the creation of what came to be known as Thatcherism.^[2]

Joseph introduced the concept of the social market economy into Britain, an economic and social system inspired by Christian democracy.^[3] He also co-founded the Centre for Policy Studies writing its first publication: Why Britain needs a Social Market Economy.^[4]

^ "OBITUARY: Lord Joseph". The Independent. London: INM. 12 December 1994. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "Keith Joseph, the father of Thatcherism, 'was autistic' claims". The Independent. 12 July 2006.
^ Birnie, Esmond. "Christianity and the Social Market Economy in Britain, Germany and Northern Ireland" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ Turner, Rachel S. (2008). Neo-liberal Ideology: History, Concepts and Policies. ISBN 9780748632688. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[1] "OBITUARY: Lord Joseph". The Independent. London: INM. 12 December 1994. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

[2] "Keith Joseph, the father of Thatcherism, 'was autistic' claims". The Independent. 12 July 2006.

[3] Birnie, Esmond. "Christianity and the Social Market Economy in Britain, Germany and Northern Ireland" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

[4] Turner, Rachel S. (2008). Neo-liberal Ideology: History, Concepts and Policies. ISBN 9780748632688. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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