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Encyclopedia > Anthony Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood

Anthony Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood (19111982) was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ...


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 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. Arthur Greenwood (1880—1954) became deputy leader of the Labour Party under Clement Attlee, with Winston Churchill appointing him to the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in 1940. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. ... The Right Honourable James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the longest serving Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. ...

Preceded by:
Duncan Sandys
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1964–1965
Succeeded by:
Lord Longford
Preceded by:
Barbara Castle
Minister of Overseas Development
1965–1966
Succeeded by:
Arthur Bottomley
Preceded by:
Richard Crossman
Minister of Housing and Local Government
1966–1969
Succeeded by:
replaced by Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning

Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys1 (January 24, 1908-November 26, 1987) was a British politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments. ... The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. ... The Right Honourable Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC (5 December 1905–3 August 2001) was a politician, author, and social reformer. ... Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (October 6, 1910 – May 3, 2002), British left-wing politician, was born Barbara Anne Betts in Bradford, Yorkshire, and adopted her familys politics, joining the Labour Party. ... In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for promoting development overseas, particularly in the third world. ... Arthur George Bottomley, generally known as Arthur Bottomley (1907 - 1995) was a British Labour politician, MP and minister. ... Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (15 December 1907 to April 1974) was a British politician and writer. ...

External links

  • "[1]" - Bodleian Library, University of Oxford website dated 5 October 1998.

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Previously those responsibilities had fallen to the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.
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