Stafford Cripps in United Kingdom

Stafford Cripps History

Left wing Labour politician. Solicitor-General under Ramsay Macdonald and MP from 1931 but refused to join the National Government. Minister of Aircraft Production between 1942-1945, he gained a reputation for efficiency. President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Attlee’s government, he resigned due to ill-health in 1950.