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Baron Hugh Dalton Dalton
1887–1962
A leading Labour thinker of the mid-20th century, this British economist and politician helped shape both wartime debate and Britain’s postwar finances. He is especially remembered for serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Clement Attlee’s government.
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With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
by Baron Hugh Dalton Dalton
About the author
Born in Neath, Wales, in 1887, Hugh Dalton became known as both an economist and a major Labour politician. He was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge, served in the First World War, and later taught economics before moving fully into public life.
Dalton played an important part in Labour politics in the 1930s, particularly on foreign policy, where he argued against appeasement and supported rearmament in the face of the Nazi threat. After the Second World War he served in Clement Attlee’s government as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, helping to steer Britain through the difficult early years of postwar reconstruction.
He remained a prominent public figure for many years and was later made Baron Dalton. Alongside his political career, he also wrote memoirs and other works that helped preserve his view of the dramatic events of his time. He died in London in 1962.