biography
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Strachey, (Evelyn) John (St Loe)
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pronunciation:
[straychee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1901–63)
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| biography:
| British statesman, born in Guildford, Surrey, SE England, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became a Labour MP (1929–31), then resigned from the Party and gave his support to extremist political organizations. He served in the RAF during World War 2, and afterwards rejoined Labour as under-secretary for air (1945). His controversial period as minister of food (1946–50) included the food crisis (1947), unpopular prolongation of rationing, and the abortive Tanganyika ground-nuts and Gambia egg schemes (1947–9). He regained some popularity as secretary of state for war (1950–1) during the Korean hostilities. |
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