10 Facts You Might Not Know About Michael Gove….
Today is Michael Gove’s birthday. Huzzah!
To celebrate, here are some facts you might not know…
- Michael Gove turns 46 today. This is young by Ed Sec standards. The average age on entry is 50.
- The only other Ed Sec to turn 46 while in post is….. Margaret Thatcher.
- Gove is currently the 7th longest-serving Education Secretary having recently overtaken Kenneth Baker.
- He has another ~160 days before he steals 6th place (from Thatcher).
- He is the first Ed Sec in 46 years to have previously been President of the Oxford Union. Four other Ed Secs have held that role (Quintin Hogg, Michael Stewart, Edward Boyle & Anthony Crosland).
- He is the second Education Secretary to be born in Edinburgh. The first was Florence Horsbrugh, born in 1889 (79 years before Gove).
- He is the only Ed Sec known to have been raised from birth by adoptive parents.
- The most common degree subject for an Ed Sec is History. Second is Politics. Gove is unique in having studied English.
- He shares his birthday week with past-Ed Secs Anthony Crosland and Edward Boyle (both also past-Ox Union Presidents)
- Gove has said he shall never stand as leader of the Conservative Party.
Reblogged this on The Echo Chamber.