Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester
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The Right Honourable The Lord Lever of Manchester PC |
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| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | John Davies |
| Succeeded by | Norman St John-Stevas |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Central |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 3 July 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Bob Litherland |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Cheetham |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Hewlett |
| Succeeded by | William Griffiths |
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15 January 1914 Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Died | 6 August 1995 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Norman Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC (15 January 1914 – 6 August 1995) was a British barrister and Labour Party politician.
He was born in Manchester, the son of a textile merchant from Lithuania, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University. He was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1935. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force. His brother was Leslie Lever, Baron Lever.
Lever was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange at the 1945 general election, then Manchester, Cheetham from 1950–74. His brother, Leslie Lever, was elected MP for the neighbouring Manchester Ardwick seat. He promoted the Private Member's Bill that became the Defamation Act 1952.
He was Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1967; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, September 1967–69; Paymaster General, 1969–70, a Member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1970–74 and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, 1970–73. His seat changed again, becoming Manchester Central from 1974–79. On Labour's return to power after the February 1974 general election, he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1974–79.
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