Francis Leslie Pym Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Francis Leslie Pym, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1980–19802 events1 places

Chronological biography

1980

Defence Policy1980

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for Defence · London

Leads defence policy as the government chooses Trident.

Trident15 July 1980

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for Defence · London

Announces the Trident decision to the House of Commons.

Trident15 July 1980

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for Defence · London

Francis Pym announces that Britain will purchase Trident.

Titles and roles

Secretary of State for Defence

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.