George Brown, Baron George-Brown

George Alfred Brown, Baron George Brown (born September 2, 1914 , † June 2, 1985 in Truro , Cornwall ) was a British politician.

Career

Brown was a member of the House of Commons of the Labor Party , of which he was vice-chairman from 1960 to 1968, for the Belper district in Derbyshire from 1945 to 1970, briefly Minister of Labor (1951) and Secretary of State from 1966 to 1968.

In 1963, after the death of Hugh Gaitskell , he ran for party leadership, but was defeated by Harold Wilson . Senior Labor politician Anthony Crosland described the internal decision between Wilson and Brown as a choice "between a crook and a drunkard" (Brown was said to have a drinking problem).

On November 6, 1970, he became a Life Peer as Baron George-Brown , of Jevington in the County of Sussex , and thereby became a member of the House of Lords for life . After his death in Cornwall, he was in the Golders Green Crematorium in London cremated , where his ashes is located.

bibliography

In My Way (autobiography)

Individual evidence

↑ Andrew Marr: A History of Modern Britain . Macmillan, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8 , p. 236 Original: a choice between a crook and a drunk .
^ The London Gazette : No. 45229, p. 12333 , November 10, 1970.

personal data
SURNAME	Brown, George, Baron George-Brown
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brown, George Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1914
DATE OF DEATH	June 2nd 1985
Place of death	Truro , Cornwall

[1] Andrew Marr: A History of Modern Britain . Macmillan, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8 , p. 236 Original: a choice between a crook and a drunk .

[2] The London Gazette : No. 45229, p. 12333 , November 10, 1970.