Edith Summerskill Baroness Summerskill Politician

Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill CH PC (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.

Personal facts

Edith Summerskill Baroness Summerskill
Birth dateApril 19, 1901
Date of deathFebruary 04, 1980
Education
King's College London

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Office holder

officeMinister of National Insurance
party
Labour Party (UK)
prime minister
region
Warrington (UK Parliament constituency)
Fulham West (UK Parliament constituency)
successor
Osbert Peake 1st Viscount Ingleby
Thomas Williams (British politician)

Topical connections

E. M. ForsterWriter
Angela EaglePolitician
Alfred AllportRugby player
Airey NeavePolitician
A. V. Alexander 1st Earl Alexander of HillsboroughPolitician
Clement AttleePolitician
Alan Howarth Baron Howarth of NewportPolitician
Alice MahonPolitician

Edith Summerskill Baroness Summerskill on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archives.lse.ac.uk/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=SUMMERSKILL
  2. http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UK%20bios/UK_bios_30s.htm#esummerskill