Researching Jack Straw
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1044 people with the Straw surname? In that year Straw was ranked number 2550 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Straw on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Straw and the Straw Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1836 people with the Straw surname in the UK? Straw is now ranked number 2447 for popularity in the UK. |
Straw Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Straw surname in the USA? Straw is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015
Straw was born in Essex and educated at Oaklands School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and later at Brentwood School. He studied Law at the University of Leeds before having a career as a barrister. He served as an adviser to cabinet minister Barbara Castle and was selected to succeed her as MP for the Blackburn constituency when she stood down at the 1979 general election.
From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout the Brown ministry. Straw is one of only three individuals to have served in Cabinet continuously during the Labour governments from 1997 to 2010, the others being Brown and Alistair Darling. After the Labour Party lost power in May 2010, he briefly served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, with the intention of standing down from the frontbench after the subsequent 2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election.
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