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New College, Oxford. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to Parliament in 1945 and held office in Clement Attlee 's ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Hugh Gaitskell (born April 9, 1906, London, England—died January 18, 1963, London) was a British statesman, leader of the British Labour Party from December 1955 until his sudden death at the height of his influence. After teaching political economy at the University of London, Gaitskell served through World War II in the Ministry of Economic ...
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Dec 5, 2013 · The real cause of Hugh Gaitskell’s death ... Virginia Allkins, who told me she was a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital in 1963 when the leader of the Opposition, Hugh Gaitskell, was taken ill. ...
Jan 4, 2013 · True, there were paradoxes in the life of Hugh Gaitskell, who died 50 years ago this month, tragically too early to lead the party to the election victory he had triumphantly made possible. A ...
Jul 11, 1971 · Hugh Gaitskell could not fight his own death that came too soon. He left his considerable efforts for his party and his country in the hands of lesser men. His legacy should be set down well, for ...
1963: Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies. The leader of the Labour party, Hugh Gaitskell, has died this evening after a sudden deterioration in his heart condition. Mr Gaitskell, who was 56, died at 2120 this evening in the Middlesex hospital in Marylebone. His wife, Dora, was at his bedside. A short statement issued to journalists after his ...
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Elected to Parliament in 1945, Gaitskell was among the most impressive of Labour's new intake. Conspicuous success at the Ministry of Fuel and Power ensured rapid promotion and he became minister of state at the Treasury after the 1950 general election. Gaitskell was fortunate in the timing of his ministerial ascent.
