Wing Gallery

Jennie Lee and Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan, also known as Nye Bevan (1897-1960), Welsh Labour politician. He served as Minister of Health in the mid-20th century, and was responsible for the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. Seen here with his wife, Jennie Lee (Baroness Lee of Asheridge, 1904-1988), Scottish Labour politician and MP, Arts Minister under Harold Wilson. She played a key role in the formation of the Open University

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Phil Piratin and William Gallacher, Communist MPs

Philip (Phil) Piratin (1907-1995), member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and MP for Mile End, East London (1945-1950). He opposed the anti-semitism of Mosley's British Union of Fascists, and was a defender of tenants rights. His parliamentary seat was abolished when boundary changes were made, and he was defeated when standing for the new Stepney constituency in 1950. Seen here (left), with William Gallacher (1881-1965), Communist MP for East Fife, arriving on the first day of the new parliament in 1945

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Neville Chamberlain with RH Stoughton and Samuel Hoare

Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940. Seen here in the grounds of Reading University with RH Stoughton, Professor of Horticulture, and (in the background) Sir Samuel Hoare (later Viscount Templewood), Conservative politician and Chancellor of Reading University. Chamberlain was there to receive an honorary Litt.D., and is seen here examining grapes growing in the university grounds

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