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Hugh Gaitskell

1906 - 1963

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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who was 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 governments, notably as Minister of Fuel and Power following the bitter winter of 1946–47, and eventually joining the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Facing the need to increase military spending in 1951, he imposed National Health Service charges on dentures and spectacles, prompting the leading left-winger Aneurin Bevan to resign from the Cabinet. The perceived similarity in his outlook to that of his Conservative Party counterpart Rab Butler was dubbed "Butskellism", initially a satirical term blending their names, and was one aspect of the post-war consensus through which the major parties largely agreed on the main points of domestic and foreign policy until the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Hugh Gaitskell is the 16,553rd most popular politician (down from 16,192nd in 2024), the 4,927th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,697th in 2019) and the 590th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 16,554 out of 19,576. Before him are Nadia Calviño, John Ballance, Benoît Hamon, Isabell Werth, Võ Văn Thưởng, Rafael López Gutiérrez, and Cheick Modibo Diarra. After him are Kathy Hochul, Robert Elswit, George Clymer, Uri Ariel, and David Choquehuanca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 384. Before him are Dragoslav Mihajlović, Stefan Andres, Leni Schmidt, Clifford Odets, Bukka White, and Arseny Golovko. After him are René Fernández, Raúl Anganuzzi, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Helene Costello, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Giovanni D'Anzi. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 196. Before him are Rogers Hornsby, Reinier Beeuwkes, Nils Hellsten, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Nikolai Aseev, and Clifford Odets. After him are Eric Carlberg, Theodore Roethke, Björn Þórðarson, Monte Blue, Artur Lemba, and Sigvard Sivertsen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 4,928 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Lawrence (1933), Ed O'Brien (1968), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Archie Stark (1897), Norma Varden (1898), and David Storey (1933). After him are Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Charles Sheffield (1935), John Butler Yeats (1839), Richard Overy (1947), and O. T. Fagbenle (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 590. Before him are Donald Dewar (1937), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Michael Foot (1913), David Owen (1938), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), and John Ballance (1839). After him are John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801).

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