Talk:Hugh Dalton
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He should be at Hugh Dalton - he is much better known without his peerage title, which was given to him long after his retirement from public life. john k 04:48, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
What was the off-the-cuff remark that led to his resignation?--Cunningham 15:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] ROYAL GODFATHER
Someone should put in that Hugh Dalton's godfather was Prince Albert Victor (Eddy), The Duke of Clarence and Avondale, who his father was a tutor to. Hugh Dalton was given the first name Edward after Prince Eddy as well.
[edit] Cut the Crap
Dalton seems to have a detractor in web space regarding purported "irregularities" vis a vis Dalton's supposed sexual preferences. All of this is based on nothing more than the fact that one partiular Conservative biographer has taken issue with Dalton's Liberal preferences. If anyone can provide factual evidence of Dalton's homosexuality, please stand. Otherwise, please desist from your unwarranted and unfoudned character assassinations.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.224.85 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
It's not derogatory at all, other than evoking a vague sense of pity that people couldn't admit these things, sometimes not even to themselves, in the days when it was still illegal. The late Ben Pimlott (who was a socialist not a Conservative - see his obituaries on line) was a highly respected biographer, and his biography of Dalton won the Whitbread Prize - in other words it is a very reputable source. Dalton's obsessive promotion of the careers of younger men was a part of Labour history, and thus worth mentioning along with the possible motivation for it.
If there is any evidence that Dalton was interested in women, please insert it - as far as I know there isn't. He did not chase women. Tony Crosland (who was a promiscuous heterosexual in his youth but as far as I know not bi-) was perfectly well aware that Dalton was an old queen with a crush on him, and used to play up to it at conferences by draping himself across banisters etc in front of him. I don't have the Pimlott book to hand sadly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.192.0.10 (talk) 14:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ECONOMETRICS
Dalton made a leading contribution to the economics theory and applications in equality measurement, as shown in the enduring references to the Pigou-Dalton principle. See, Dalton, H. (1920), The measurement of the inequality of incomes. Economic Journal, 30, 348-361. Cf, Sen, Amartya (1973). "On Economic Inequality" (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. See also: Rogers, Francis (2004). "The measurement and decomposition of achieveement equity." Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University.---- Rogers.161@osu.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.224.85 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] clean up needed
The above IP editor appears to be Francis Rogers, the author of the book reference which he has inserted into the page. I have moved his new "Contributions in Economics" section from the top of the page, and partly cleaned it up. For the time being I have left his book reference in, despite the possible WP:COI, as it may well be relevant.
But really the whole article needs a major clean up effort.
--NSH001 (talk) 14:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
