1951 James Chuter-Ede (1882-1965) was the son of a London shopkeeper of Unitarian religious convictions. A school teacher by profession, he was active in the National Union of Teachers and in local politics, and successfully stood for Parliament in 1923 on behalf of the Labour party, although not until 1935 was he elected to a secure seat. In the wartime coalition he held junior ministerial office in the Board of Education. After the Labour victory of 1945 he became home Secretary; for a brief period after Morrison became foreign Secretary in 1951 Ede followed him as Leader of the Commons - a period ended by Labour's defeat at the polls later in the year. In 1964 he left the Commons, taking a peerage as baron Chuter-Ede of Epsom. |
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