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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.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Labour Party. 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 ...
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Jan 19, 2015 · Hugh Gaitskell’s death is a personal, political, and national tragedy. He has died young, at a time when he had at least an even chance of being the next Prime Minister, and when he looked...
Jan 4, 2013 · Hugh Gaitskell speaking in Yorkshire 1955 (Manchester Mirror) If ever there was a serendipitous moment to rethink the legacy of Labour’s lost leader, it’s now. True, there were paradoxes in the...
May 23, 2018 · The British politician Hugh Gaitskell (1906-1963) was chancellor of the exchequer from 1950 to 1951. He was leader of the Labour Party from 1955 to 1963. Hugh Todd-Naylor Gaitskell was born in London on April 9, 1906, the son of Arthur Gaitskell, an Indian civil servant.
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18 January. 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...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
