Baron George-Brown, Original Autograph, Royalty, United Kingdom (L6288) For Sale

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Baron George-Brown, Original Autograph, Royalty, United Kingdom (L6288):
$78.40

George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown,[2]PC(2 September 1914– 2 June 1985) was a BritishLabour Partypolitician who served asDeputy Leader of the Labour Partyfrom 1960 to 1970 and held severalCabinetroles underPrime MinisterHarold Wilson, includingForeign SecretaryandFirst Secretary of State.

After leaving school at the age of 15, Brown began work as a clerk, before joining theTransport and General Workers\' Union. He rose quickly through the union ranks as an organiser, and shortly before the1945 electionhe was chosen as the Labour Party candidate for the seat ofBelper. He defeated theConservativeincumbent and went on to hold the seat until his own defeat at the1970 election. He briefly served in theAttlee governmentasMinister of Worksin 1951. After Labour lost office he was appointed to theShadow Cabinet, and came to be regarded as a leader of the trade-union-supporting faction on the right of the Labour Party. Following the sudden death ofAneurin Bevanin 1960, Brown was successful in theelectionto replace him as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

Three years later, following the sudden death ofHugh Gaitskell, Brown became Acting Leader of the Labour Party, and consequently was brieflyLeader of the Opposition. He stood in theelectionto gain the role permanently, but was beaten byHarold Wilson; one factor in his defeat was concern from colleagues about the impact of his well-knownalcoholism, an affliction that remained with him through his life.[3]Following Labour\'s victory at the1964 election, Wilson appointed Brown as First Secretary of State, making him the next-most senior member of the Cabinet, and appointed him to the new position ofSecretary of State for Economic Affairs, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to curtail the power ofHM Treasury.

Two months after Labour\'s landslide victory at the snap1966 election, Wilson moved Brown to the role of Foreign Secretary, a job he had always coveted. Despite this, Brown continued to struggle with his alcoholism, and after several arguments with Wilson in 1968, the two agreed that Brown would resign. Brown lost his seat of Belper in 1970, and shortly thereafter was elevated to theHouse of Lords; he insisted, having always been known simply as \"George Brown\", that upon taking hispeeragein November 1970 he would combine his first name and surname to create his title, Baron George-Brown, ofJevingtonin theCounty of Sussex.[1]

Baron George-Brown, Original Autograph, Royalty, United Kingdom (L6288)

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