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Sir Harold Wilson

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Sir Harold Wilson
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No model release available 		Sir Harold Wilson (1916-1995)<br /> <br /> Harold Wilson first entered Parliament in 1945, and as a member of the labour party became prime minister in 1964. He served until 1970, when he was unexpectedly<br /> defeated, but was elected again in 1974. In 1976 he surprised many by resigning as<br /> prime minister, but was knighted the same year, and retained his seat in Commons<br /> until he was created a life peer in 1983. Sir Harold Wilson was the longest searving<br /> Labour prime minister. He passed away in 1995.<br /> <br /> While I was photographing him we talked about the famous portrait of Winston Churchill taken by Yousuf Karsh. Mr. Wilson told me Churchill was preoccupied with the war and Karsh was not having any luck keeping his attention during the portrait session. With his 8x10 view camera ready, Karsh snatched the cigar from the Englishman&rsquo;s mouth<br /> and as the prime minister glared in disbelief, the world&rsquo;s most famous photograph was taken. Harold Wilson told me it was Churchill&rsquo;s favorite photograph of himself and he told Karsh he was impressed that the photographer was able to make a roaring lion sit still. Karsh entitled the photo, Roaring Lion. Mr. Wilson also told me that a portrait was painted of every prime minister and Winston Churchill hated his so much that he had one of the gardeners secretly wrap up and bury his oil painting somewhere in the gardens of Number 10 Downing Street.
 
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