Hugh Dalton

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Hugh Dalton was a prominent British Labour politician and economist who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the post-World War II Attlee government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Chancellor of the Exchequer
economist
human
appointedBy Clement Attlee
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1887-08-26
dateOfDeath 1962-02-13
educatedAt Eton College
King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
London School of Economics
employer London School of Economics
familyName Dalton
fieldOfWork economic policy
public finance
givenName Hugh
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
militaryBranch Royal Regiment of Artillery
surface form: Royal Artillery
movement democratic socialism
notableWork Practical Socialism for Britain
Principles of Public Finance
Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities
The Control of Industry
occupation economist
politician
university teacher
parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
placeOfBirth Neath
Wales
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Munitions
surface form: Minister of Economic Warfare

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
surface form: Minister of Town and Country Planning

President of the Board of Trade
reasonForResignation budget leak controversy of 1947
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
representedInParliament Bishop Auckland
Camberwell
Peckham
resignedFromPosition Chancellor of the Exchequer
servedInCabinetOf Clement Attlee
sexOrGender male
spouse Ruth Dalton

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Attlee government notableMember Hugh Dalton