Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
The Viscount Snowden | |
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Snowden in 1923 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 7 June 1929 – 5 November 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| In office 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | Winston Churchill |
| Member of Parliament for Colne Valley | |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 27 October 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Mallalieu |
| Succeeded by | Lance Mallalieu |
| Member of Parliament for Blackburn | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 14 December 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Coddington |
| Succeeded by | Percy Dean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1864 Cowling, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 15 May 1937 (aged 72) Tilford, Surrey, England |
| Political party | Liberal (until c. 1894) Labour (c. 1894–1931) National Labour (1931–1932) None (1932–1937) |
| Spouse | |
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC (/ˈsnoʊdən/; 18 July 1864 – 15 May 1937) was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his promise of a socialist utopia. He was the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. He broke with Labour policy in 1931, and was expelled from the party and excoriated as a turncoat, as the party was overwhelmingly crushed that year by the National Government coalition that Snowden supported. He was succeeded as Chancellor by Neville Chamberlain.