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Parliamentary Private Secretary

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

5Records
1945–1970Date range
4Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1945

Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-Walker1945

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Herbert Morrison, the Leader of the House of Commons

1947

George BrownApril 1947

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed PPS for Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton

1964

Peter David Shore1964

Government / Labour Party Government

After only a short time on the backbenches, Wilson chose Shore to be Parliamentary Private Secretary, responsible for liaising between the Prime Minister and Labour MPs, though Denis Healey termed him "Harold's lapdog"

Peter David Shore1964

Government / Labour Party Government

After only a short time on the backbenches, Wilson chose Shore to be Parliamentary Private Secretary, responsible for liaising between the Prime Minister and Labour MPs, though Denis Healey termed him "Harolds lapdog"

1970

Donald Dewar1970

Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tony Crossland

Names involved

Donald DewarGeorge BrownPatrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-WalkerPeter David Shore

Provenance

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