Tony Crosland
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The Right Honourable Anthony Crosland |
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Anthony Crosland (left) and Henry Kissinger, 1976.
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| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 8 April 1976 – 19 February 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | James Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | David Owen |
| Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Rippon |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shore |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment | |
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In office 19 June 1970 – 5 March 1974 |
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| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Thatcher |
| Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning | |
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In office 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Anthony Greenwood (Minister of Housing and Local Government) |
| Succeeded by | Peter Walker (Minister of State for Housing and Local Government) |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Douglas Jay |
| Succeeded by | Roy Mason |
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 22 January 1965 – 29 August 1967 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Michael Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Gordon Walker |
| Minister of State for Economic Affairs | |
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In office 20 October 1964 – 22 January 1965 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Austen Albu |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 19 October 1964 – 22 December 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished (Eventually Jock Bruce-Gardyne) |
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Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby |
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In office 8 October 1959 – 19 February 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Younger |
| Succeeded by | Austin Mitchell |
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Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 26 May 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Corfield |
| Personal details | |
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29 August 1918 St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Died | 19 February 1977 (aged 58) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 1918 – 19 February 1977), otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby. Throughout his long career he occupied the cabinet positions of Secretary of State for Education and Science, President of the Board of Trade, Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning and Foreign Secretary. A prominent socialist intellectual, he became one of the Labour Party's revisionists on the right, as an intellectual leader of Gaitskellism. His highly influential book The Future of Socialism (1963) argued against many Marxist notions and Labour Party orthodoxy that public ownership was essential to make socialism work. He offered positive alternatives to both right and left wings of his Labour Party. He downplayed public ownership of the means of production – the classic socialist formulation – and argued instead for making the highest priority the end of poverty and improved public services. He led the Labour battle to replace grammar schools with comprehensive schools that did not sort students at age 11. As foreign secretary he promoted détente with the Soviet Union.
Crosland was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. His father, Joseph Beardsall Crosland, was a senior official at the War Office. Both his parents were members of the Plymouth Brethren. His maternal grandfather was Frederick Edward Raven (1837–1903), founder of the Raven Exclusive Brethren and secretary of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He grew up in North London and was educated at Highgate School and at Trinity College, Oxford. After obtaining 2nd class honours in Classical Moderations in Greek and Latin Literature, and his Masters, Crosland served as a paratrooper in Europe during the Second World War, from 1940, reaching the rank of Captain.
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