Anthony Crosland Politician

Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 1918 – 19 February 1977), otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby. Throughout his long career he occupied the cabinet positions of Secretary of State for Education and Science, President of the Board of Trade, Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning and Foreign Secretary.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 29, 1918
Birth place
Sussex , St Leonards-on-Sea
Date of deathFebruary 19, 1977
Place of death
Oxford , Oxfordshire
Education
Trinity College Oxford

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
President of the Board of Trade
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Minister of State for Economic Affairs
Secretary of State for Education and Science
Secretary of State for the Environment
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning
for Great Grimsby
for South Gloucestershire
party
Labour Party (UK)
prime minister
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
successor

Anthony Crosland on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archives.lse.ac.uk/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=CROSLAND