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Labour Politician born in Epsom, Surrey, and was a Mayor and Freeman of the Borough. He was South Shields' first Labour MP and Home Secretary 1945-51. He was one of the few MPs at that time to have his own boat, Brown Duck, on the Inland Waterways. Was made Vice-President of the Inland Waterways Association in 1955.
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