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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE (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.
Hugh Gaitskell was a British statesman, leader of the British Labour Party from December 1955 until his sudden death at the height of his influence. After teaching political economy at the University of London, Gaitskell served through World War II in the Ministry of Economic Warfare.
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Hugh Gaitskell was an influential British politician who is still widely remembered as the best prime minister the United Kingdom ever had. He was a staunch socialist throughout his political career. His political and economic philosophies came to be known as “Gaitskellism.”
Dec 5, 2013 · Virginia Allkins, a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital in 1963, says the Labour leader died of kidney failure, not pleurisy as reported. She also recalls how Harold Wilson and George Brown reacted to the news.
Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963) was a British politician and Labour party leader who modernized the party's ideology and re‐established its credibility. Learn about his life, career, achievements, and controversies from various Oxford Reference sources.
The leader of the Labour party, Hugh Gaitskell, passed away on 18 January 1963 after a heart condition. He was known for his efforts to modernise the party and his controversial views on nuclear disarmament.
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But as far as I am concerned, the story started with the premature death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963. Gaitskell was Wilson's predecessor as Leader of the Labor Party. I knew him personally and admired him greatly.
