Roy Mason
Roy Mason, Lord Mason Barnsley,(born 1924) is a Labour politician.[1]
Defence Secretary
Mason served as Defence Secretary (5 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976).[2]
He presided over the formal introduction of the SAS into South Armagh in 1976.[3]
Northern Ireland Secretary
Mason served as Northern Ireland Secretary (10 Sep 1976 - 4 May 1979.[4]
During 1977, Mason presided over a growth in the use of covert tactics by the Army, which allowed the SAS to operate across Northern Ireland. There was also an increased role for the RUC and the UDR, a policy known as 'Ulsterisation'.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Geoffrey Wheatcroft, A happy 80th birthday to the IRA's most deadly foe, telegraph.co.uk, 18 April 2004.
- ↑ David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.36.
- ↑ W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.188.
- ↑ David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.36-37.
- ↑ W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.188.
