Don Concannon

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John Dennis (Don) Concannon (1930-2003) wasw a Labour politician.[1]

As a young man, Concannon joined the Coldstream Guards, serving in Mandate Palestine in 1947 during the conflict that led to the creation of the State of Israel, and later in Libya.[2]

Northern Ireland

Concannon served in the Northern Ireland Office as an Under-Secretary of State from 27 June 1974 to 14 April 1976, and thereafter as a Minister of State until 4 May 1979.[3]

Notes

  1. Andrew Roth, Don Concannon, The Guardian, 18 December 2003.
  2. Andrew Roth, Don Concannon, The Guardian, 18 December 2003.
  3. David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.37.