Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1955 until the late 1960s, he was spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader, and he was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965. He also held directorships in several British financial firms.
As Home Secretary, he was responsible for the UK Government's Northern Ireland policy during the period that included Bloody Sunday in 1972. Soon afterwards, he left office due to an unrelated scandal in one of the companies of which he was director.
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“There comes a time in every man's life when he must make way for an older man.”
Remark made in Smoking Room of House of Commons on being dropped from Margaret Thatcher's Shadow Cabinet.
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“For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country.”
Said on the aeroplane after visiting Northern Ireland for the first time.
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