biography
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Shinwell, Emmanuel Shinwell, Baron
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popularly known as Manny Shinwell
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| lived:
| (1884–1986)
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| biography:
| British statesman, born in London, UK. A ‘street-corner socialist’ in Glasgow, he became a Labour MP in 1922, held junior office in the interwar Labour governments, and in the post-war Labour government was minister of fuel and power responsible for nationalizing the mines (1946), secretary of state for war (1947), and minister of defence (1950–1). Well known for his party political belligerence, in his later years he mellowed into a back-bench ‘elder statesman’. He was awarded a life peerage in 1970. He wrote several autobiographical works, including I've Lived Through It All (1973). |
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