Irvine : Former British Leader to Speak at UCI Friday

Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson will be the guest speaker Friday at a public lecture sponsored by UC Irvine’s Office of Arts and Lectures.

The lecture will be at 8 p.m. at South Coast Community Church, 5120 Bonita Canyon Road, Irvine.

Tickets are $6 and may be obtained by calling (714) 856-5000.

Wilson, who was prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, gained recognition when he headed several delegations to Moscow to negotiate Soviet-British trade pacts while a member of Parliament. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.