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Chancellor of the Exchequer

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

14Records
1924–2001Date range
10Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1924

Philip Snowden Snowden, 1st1924

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term

1929

Philip Snowden Snowden, 1st1929

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

1945

Stafford Cripps1945

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton1945

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

1947

Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton1947

Government / Labour Party Government

Resigns as Chancellor of the Exhchequer

1950

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell19 October 1950

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

1964

James Callaghan1964

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

1967

Roy Jenkins29 November 1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

Roy Harris Jenkins30 November 1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the devaluation of sterling.

Harold Wilson30 November 1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Roy Jenkins becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer with responsibility for stabilising sterling at its new exchange rate.

1974

Denis Winston Healey5 March 1974

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term.

Denis Winston HealeyOctober 1974

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer after Labour wins the October 1974 general election.

1997

George Brown1997

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term

2001

George Brown2001

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyEdward Hugh John Neale DaltonGeorge BrownHarold WilsonHugh Todd Naylor GaitskellJames CallaghanPhilip Snowden Snowden, 1stRoy Harris JenkinsRoy JenkinsStafford Cripps

Provenance

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