Enoch Powell's Grave, Warwick Cemetery
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Enoch Powell's Grave, Warwick Cemetery
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 4 Jul 2013
John Enoch Powell was a British politician, classical scholar, linguist and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) (1950–74), Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987), and was Minister of Health from 1960 until 1963. He is probably most widely remembered for the (in)famous "Rivers of Blood Speech" at Birmingham in April 1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech ). Before entering politics, he had been a classical scholar, becoming a full Professor of Ancient Greek at the age of 25. During the Second World War, he served in both staff and intelligence positions, reaching the rank of brigadier in his early thirties. Following his death, in 1998, he was buried alongside other Warwickshire Regiment veterans at Warwick Cemetery.
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