Hugh (Todd Naylor) Gaitskell - Legacy, Marriage, Offices held

British statesman, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became a Socialist during the 1926 General Strike. An MP in 1945, he was minister of fuel and power (1947) and of economic affairs (1950), and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1950–1). In 1955 he was elected Leader of the Opposition by a large majority over Bevan. He bitterly opposed Eden's Suez action (1956), and refused to accept a narrow conference vote for unilateral disarmament (1960). This caused a crisis of leadership in which he was challenged by Harold Wilson (1960), but he retained the loyalty of most Labour MPs.

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell

Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 19 October 1950 – 26 October 1951
Preceded by	Stafford Cripps
Succeeded by	Rab Butler
Born	April 9, 1906 London, England
Died	January 18, 1963 London, England
Political party	Labour

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 – January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963.

Legacy

Because his misfortune in never becoming prime minister, and the great capacity many considered that he had for the post, Hugh Gaitskell is remembered largely with respect from people both within and without the Labour Party.

Marriage

He was married to Anna Dora Gaitskell, who became a Labour life peer one year after his death, but it is widely known that he had a number of affairs - even during his time in public life - and that his reputation would never have survived the media scrutiny of today.

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Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Henry Charles Charleton	Member of Parliament for Leeds South 1945–1963	Succeeded by: Merlyn Rees
Political Offices
Preceded by: Sir Stafford Cripps	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1950–1951	Succeeded by: Rab Butler
Preceded by: Clement Attlee	Leader of the British Labour Party 1955–1963	Succeeded by: Harold Wilson
	Leader of the Opposition 1955–1963

Chancellors of the Exchequer

Baker, Mildmay, Fortescue, Home, Caesar, Greville, Portland, Newburgh, Cottington, Colepeper, Clarendon, Shaftesbury, Duncombe, Ernle, Booth, Hampden, Montagu, Smith, Boyle, Smith, Harley, Benson, Wyndham, Onslow, Walpole, Stanhope, Aislabie, Pratt, Walpole, Sandys, Pelham, Lee, Bilson Legge, Lyttelton, Bilson Legge, Mansfield, Bilson Legge, Barrington, Dashwood, Grenville, Dowdeswell, Townshend, North, Cavendish, Pitt, Cavendish, Pitt, Addington, Pitt, Petty, Perceval, Vansittart, Robinson, Canning, Abbott, Herries, Goulburn, Althorp, Denman, Peel, Monteagle, Baring, Goulburn, C Wood, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lewis, Disraeli, Gladstone, Disraeli, Hunt, Lowe, Gladstone, Northcote, Gladstone, Childers, Hicks Beach, Harcourt, R Churchill, Goschen, Harcourt, Hicks Beach, Ritchie, A Chamberlain, Asquith, Lloyd George, McKenna, Bonar Law, A Chamberlain, Horne, Baldwin, N Chamberlain, Snowden, W Churchill, Snowden, N Chamberlain, Simon, K Wood, Anderson, Dalton, Cripps, Gaitskell, Butler, Macmillan, Thorneycroft, Heathcoat-Amory, Lloyd, Maudling, Callaghan, Jenkins, Macleod, Barber, Healey, Howe, Lawson, Major, Lamont, Clarke, Brown

Leaders of the Labour Party
Keir Hardie, Arthur Henderson, George Nicoll Barnes, Ramsay MacDonald, Arthur Henderson, William Adamson, John Robert Clynes, Ramsay MacDonald, Arthur Henderson, George Lansbury, Clement Attlee, Hugh Gaitskell, George Alfred Brown, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Margaret Beckett, Tony Blair