Hugh Dalton
/ˌhjuː ˈdɔːltn/
/ˌhjuː ˈdɔːltn/
- (1887-1962) a British Labour politician who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1945. He had to resign in 1947 because he had given some information to a journalist before he had told the House of Commons. He soon returned to politics, however, and was made a life peer in 1960.
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