Answer the following question: Facts: - footnotes: a. 4 march 1974 was edward heath , who was a athe lifelong bachelor . prime minister from 19 june 1970 to - successor: audrey callaghan '' vacant '' a a - monarch: elizabeth ii elizabeth ii - predecessor: '' vacant '' a a elizabeth douglas-home - office: spouse of the prime minister of the united kingdom - spouse: harold death -rrb- wilson -lrb- m. 1940 -- 1995 , his - term end: 5 april 1976 19 june 1970 - children: robin , giles - term start: 4 march 1974 16 october 1964 - birth date: 12 january 1916 - name: the lady wilson of rievaulx - nationality: british - parents: rev daniel baldwin , sarah bentley - birth place: diss , norfolk , uk Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mary wilson , baroness wilson of rievaulx .
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gladys mary wilson , baroness wilson of rievaulx -lrb- born 12 january 1916 -rrb- , nee baldwin , is an english poet , best known as the widow of former british prime minister harold wilson .she was born in diss , norfolk , the daughter of reverend daniel baldwin , who was a congregationalist minister .she attended boarding school at milton mount college near crawley , leaving in 1932 to attend a secretarial course in cumbria for two years .she was employed as a shorthand typist at lever brothers in port sunlight before marrying harold wilson on new year 's day , 1940 .she and wilson had two sons , robin -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- and giles -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- .in 1970 her volume of poetry , '' selected poems '' , was published .it was generally assumed that she owed her subsequent success as a poet to her position as the prime minister 's wife .nevertheless , her name was at one time mentioned as a possibility for the next poet laureate .in 1976 wilson was one of three judges of the man booker prize , the other judges being walter allen and francis king .according to the dnb entry for harold wilson , written by roy jenkins , mary wilson was not too happy with life as a '' political '' wife .it was this detachment which gave the '' private eye '' spoof '' mrs wilson 's diary '' , the supposed diary of mary wilson , written in the style of the bbc 's daily radio serial '' mrs dale 's diary '' , a spurious look of authenticity .mary was widowed on 24 may 1995 when harold wilson died of colorectal cancer and alzheimer 's disease after 10 years of illness .they had been married for 55 years .now in her nineties , she still lives in westminster , a short distance away from downing street .she also retains the couple 's holiday home in the isles of scilly .