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[[Roy Mason]], Lord Mason Barnsley,(born 1924) is a Labour politician.<ref>Geoffrey Wheatcroft, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3604965/A-happy-80th-birthday-to-the-IRAs-most-deadly-foe.html A happy 80th birthday to the IRA's most deadly foe], telegraph.co.uk, 18 April 2004.</ref> | [[Roy Mason]], Lord Mason Barnsley,(born 1924) is a Labour politician.<ref>Geoffrey Wheatcroft, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3604965/A-happy-80th-birthday-to-the-IRAs-most-deadly-foe.html A happy 80th birthday to the IRA's most deadly foe], telegraph.co.uk, 18 April 2004.</ref> | ||
| − | Mason served as Defence Secretary (5 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976) and Northern Ireland Secretary (10 Sep 1976 - 4 May 1979.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.36-37.</ref> | + | ==Defence Secretary== |
| + | Mason served as Defence Secretary (5 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976).<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.36.</ref> | ||
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| + | He presided over the formal introduction of the [[SAS]] into South Armagh in 1976.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.188.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Northern Ireland Secretary== | ||
| + | Mason served as Northern Ireland Secretary (10 Sep 1976 - 4 May 1979.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.36-37.</ref> | ||
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| + | 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'.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.188.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:37, 2 March 2011
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.
