Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton

The Right Honourable The Lord Lee of Newton PC
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 7 January 1967 – 6 October 1969
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	George Thomson
Succeeded by	George Thomson
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 6 April 1966 – 1 August 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Frank Pakenham
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Power
In office 18 October 1964 – 6 April 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Frederick Erroll
Succeeded by	Richard Marsh
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service
In office 2 March 1950 – 25 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Ness Edwards
Succeeded by	Peter Bennett
Member of Parliament for Newton
In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Robert Young
Succeeded by	John Evans
Member of Parliament for Manchester Hulme
In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by	Sir Joseph Nall
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	3 August 1906 Manchester
Died	4 February 1984 (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton PC (3 August 1906 – 4 February 1984)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician and peer.

Born in Manchester^[2] to Joseph and Margaret Lee, he was educated at Langworthy Road School of Engineering. He was Chairman of the Works Committee at Metro-Vickers Ltd, Trafford Park, Manchester, and of the National Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union from 1944-45. Formerly a Member of Salford City Council, at the 1945 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Hulme.^[3]

When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was elected for the Newton constituency in Lancashire, and sat for that constituency until retiring from Parliament at the February 1974 general election. In 1960, on the death of Aneurin Bevan, he stood as a left-wing candidate for Labour's Deputy Leadership against George Brown and James Callaghan. After Callaghan had been eliminated, Lee was defeated by Brown by 146 votes to 83.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1948, and held Ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service from 1950–51, Minister of Power from 1964 to 1966, the last Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1966, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1967 to 1969. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1964, and on his retirement in 1974 was created a life peer on 1 July 1974 as Baron Lee of Newton, of Newton in the County of Merseyside.^[4]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
2. Rosen, Greg (2001) [2001]. Dictionary of Labour Biography (1st ed.). London: Politico's Publishing. p. 352. ISBN 1-902301-18-8.
3. Craig, F.W.S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 189. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
4. The London Gazette: no. 46352. p. 7917. 24 September 1974.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Lee