Permanent historical factsheet

Hostages

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1990–1993Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1990

Edward Richard George Heath1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Secures the release of 33 British hostages

1993

Edward Richard George Heath9 December 1993

Government / Conservative Party Government

3 British prisoners are released by the Iraqis after Heath visits Saddam Hussein

Names involved

Edward Richard George Heath

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.