George Archibald, 1st Baron Archibald CBE (21 July 1898 – 25 February 1975) was a British Labour politician.

Early life

Archibald was the son of George W. Archibald, of

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, and was educated at St George's Road Elementary School and Alan Glen's High School.

Career

He fought Birmingham Sparkbrook as the Labour candidate in

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, but was heavily defeated by Leo Amery in the

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landslide of that year. During the

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he served as Controller of the Ministry of Information from 1944 to 1945. In 1949 he was raised to the peerage by the Labour government of

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as Baron Archibald, of Woodside in the City of Glasgow. He served under Attlee as

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(Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from June to October 1951. He was later Chairman of the Federation of British Film Makers from 1957 to 1966 and Deputy President of Film Production of Great Britain from 1966 to 1968.

Personal life

Lord Archibald married firstly Dorothy, daughter of George Henry Edwards, in 1926. She died in 1960. He married secondly Catherine Edith Mary, daughter of former

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and former wife of Kent Colwell, in 1961. Archibald died in February 1975, aged 76. He was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage,

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, who, however, disclaimed the peerage for life only a few days later. Lady Archibald died in 1992.

References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Archibald, George Archibald, 1st Baron 1898 births 1975 deaths Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 1 Barons created by George VI