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    Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC (né Merlyn Rees; 18 December 1920 – 5 January 2006) was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament...
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  • Astronomer Royal Matt Rees, (born 1967) Welsh novelist Matthew Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international Merlyn Rees (1920–2006), British...
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    Middle School, before becoming a secondary school. It was then renamed Merlyn Rees Community High School. The school was formally merged with Matthew Murray...
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  • recommendation and on 1 March 1976, the new Labour Secretary of State Merlyn Rees announced the phasing out of SCS. Anyone convicted of a scheduled offence...
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    Denis Healey, Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson, former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees, Francis Maude, Norman Tebbit, Rosie Barnes, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams...
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    Wales John Morris 1974–1976 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Merlyn Rees 1974–1976 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Harold Lever 1974–1976...
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    arranged for the Irish police to bury him secretly. On 1 March 1976, Merlyn Rees, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the Wilson ministry,...
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    Minister Harold Wilson James Callaghan Preceded by Robert Carr Succeeded by Merlyn Rees In office 23 December 1965 – 30 November 1967 Prime Minister Harold Wilson...
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    Street, Belfast. Merlyn Rees declared a State of Emergency under Section Forty of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Rees then flew to Chequers...
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    John Morris Fred Mulley Stanley Orme David Owen Lord Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Lord Shepherd Peter Shore John Silkin John Smith Eric Varley...
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