Glenvil Hall
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William George Glenvil Hall PC (1887 – 13 October 1962), known as Glenvil Hall, was a British barrister and Labour politician.
He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central, but lost his seat two years later at the 1931 election, when Labour split over the formation of the National Government.
He returned to the House of Commons in 1939, at a by-election in the Colne Valley constituency, and held the seat until he died in office in 1962, aged 75.
In Clement Attlee's post-war government, he served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1945 to 1950, and was made a Princy Councillor in 1947. After leaving government in 1950, he served as chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP)'s liaison committee, a position equivalent to the current role of Chairman of the PLP.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Sir Harry Seymour Foster |
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central 1929–1931 |
Succeeded by Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont |
Preceded by Ernest Marklew |
Member of Parliament for Colne Valley 1939–1962 |
Succeeded by Patrick Duffy |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Osbert Peake |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1945–1950 |
Succeeded by Douglas Jay |
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