Cripps, Stafford, 1889-1952

Identifier
990002346920304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1942
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Note(s)

  • port.

  • Envelope 4/148 ; microfilm reel 056 ; Frames 1211 - 1240

  • 6 newspaper clippings and 9 press extracts

  • Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production. After the war he served in the Attlee Ministry, firstly as President of the Board of Trade and between 1947 and 1950 as Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the latter position, Cripps was responsible for laying the undations of Britain’s post-war economic prosperity, and was, according to the historian Eric Shaw, “the real architect of the rapidly improving economic picture and growing affluence from 1952 onwards” -- (Wikipedia)

People

  • Cripps, Stafford, 1889-1952
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