Philip Snowden

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Philip Snowden was a British Labour politician and economist who became the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, known for his strict adherence to fiscal orthodoxy during the interwar period.

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instanceOf British politician
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Labour Party politician
Member of Parliament
economist
human
appointedBy Ramsay MacDonald
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1864-07-18
dateOfDeath 1937-05-15
educatedAt village school in Cowling
familyName Edward Snowden
surface form: Snowden
givenName Philip
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix PC
Viscount Snowden
ideology democratic socialism
fiscal conservatism
inOfficeFrom 1924-01-22
1929-06-07
inOfficeTo 1924-11-04
1931-08-24
knownFor advocacy of balanced budgets
being the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
opposition to high public borrowing
memberOfPoliticalParty Independent Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
movement pacifism
socialism
nobleTitle Viscount Snowden
notableWork An Autobiography (Philip Snowden)
Socialism and the Drink Question
The Living Wage
The Socialist Budget
parliamentaryGroup British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Cowling
Yorkshire
placeOfDeath Surrey
Tilford
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Member of Parliament for Blackburn
Member of Parliament for Colne Valley
Viscount Snowden
religion Methodism
residence Tilford
sexOrGender male
spouse Ethel Snowden
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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