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| Affiliation | Labour |
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| Name | Anthony Greenwood |
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Rossendale, Lancashire, , England |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 14, 1911
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| Died | April 12, 1982
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modifed | New Jerusalem
Mar 07, 2007 07:09pm |
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English - Methodist -
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| Info | Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood , known as Anthony Greenwood, was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s.
Son of Arthur Greenwood (Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under Clement Attlee), Greenwood became an MP in 1946 and served on the party's National Executive Committee from 1954 to 1960. He was the left wing challenger to Hugh Gaitskell in the 1961 leadership election when he received the support of just over a quarter of the Labour MPs. He served successively from 1964 to 1969 as Secretary of State for the Colonies, Minister of Overseas Development and Minister for Housing and Local Government in Harold Wilson's governments.
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