Hugh Gaitskell Politician

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE PC (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British Labour politician who held Cabinet office in Clement Attlee's governments, and was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. He was responsible for introducing prescription charges on the National Health Service which caused Aneurin Bevan to resign from the Cabinet.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 09, 1906
Birth name	Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Birth place	London , United Kingdom
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of death	January 18, 1963
Place of death	London , United Kingdom
Education	New College Oxford

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Office holder

deputy	Jim Griffiths Aneurin Bevan George Brown Baron George-Brown
election majority	17431
monarch	Elizabeth II
office	Leader of the Opposition Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the Labour Party Minister of Fuel and Power
party	Labour Party (UK)
prime minister	Clement Attlee Harold Macmillan Anthony Eden
region	Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)
successor	Philip Noel-Baker Baron Noel-Baker Rab Butler Harold Wilson George Brown Baron George-Brown Merlyn Rees