biography
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Ede, James Chuter, Baron Chuter-Ede of Epsom
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pronunciation:
[eed]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1965)
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| biography:
| British statesman, born in Epsom, Surrey, SE England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, and became a teacher (1905–14) and local councillor (1920–7), before entering parliament briefly in 1923. He became home secretary in the 1945 Labour government, and Leader of the House of Commons in 1951. A humanitarian reformer, he was responsible for the Criminal Justice Act of 1948. He became a life peer in 1964. |
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