James Chuter Ede
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The Right Honourable The Lord Chuter-Ede CH PC JP DL |
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| Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 16 March 1951 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Herbert Morrison |
| Succeeded by | Harry Crookshank |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 3 August 1945 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Sir Donald Somervell |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education | |
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In office 15 May 1940 – 13 August 1944 |
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| President |
Herwald Ramsbotham Rab Butler |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education | |
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In office 13 August 1944 – 23 May 1945 |
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| Minister | Rab Butler |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Thelma Cazalet-Keir |
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Member of Parliament for South Shields |
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In office 14 November 1935 – 15 October 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Harcourt Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Blenkinsop |
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In office 30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Harney |
| Succeeded by | Harcourt Johnstone |
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Member of Parliament for Mitcham |
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In office 3 March 1923 – 6 December 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Worsfold |
| Succeeded by | Richard James Meller |
| Personal details | |
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11 September 1882 Epsom, Surrey |
| Died |
11 November 1965 (aged 83) Ewell, Surrey |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Lilian Williams (d. 1948) |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Unitarian |
James Chuter Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede, CH, PC, JP, DL (11 September 1882 – 11 November 1965) was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour politician. He served as Home Secretary under Prime Minister Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951, becoming the longest-serving Home Secretary of the 20th century.
Chuter Ede was born in Epsom, Surrey, the son of James Ede, a shopkeeper of Unitarian religious convictions, and his wife Agnes Mary (née Chuter). He was educated at Epsom National School, Dorking High School, Battersea P. T. Centre, Battersea, and Christ's College, Cambridge, and worked as a teacher (1905–1914). During the First World War he served in the East Surrey Regiment and Royal Engineers, reaching the rank of Acting Regimental Sergeant Major. After the war he was active within the National Union of Teachers.
He was a member between 1920 and 1927 of Epsom Urban District Council and Surrey County Council and was charter mayor of Epsom and Ewell in 1937.
After fighting Epsom in 1918, he was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham, at a by-election in March 1923. However, he lost the seat in December at the 1923 general election. He returned to Parliament at the 1929 general election, for the Tyneside seat of South Shields, but was defeated again at the 1931 election. He was re-elected at the 1935 general election, and held the seat until his retirement from the Commons at the 1964 general election.
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