LEVER, (Norman) HAROLD, BARON LEVER OF MANCHESTER
- LEVER, (Norman) HAROLD, BARON LEVER OF MANCHESTER
- LEVER, (Norman) HAROLD, BARON LEVER OF
MANCHESTER (1914–1995), British politician and financial expert.
Born in Manchester, Lever practiced as a barrister for several years
before entering the House of Commons as a Labour member in 1950. He
remained a member of the House of Commons until 1979. He sponsored the
Defamation Act of 1952 as a private member's bill and acquired a
considerable reputation as an authority on financial matters. In 1967 he
was appointed parliamentary under-secretary for economic affairs, later
in the same year was promoted to the post of financial secretary to the
Treasury, and finally paymaster general, with a seat in the Cabinet, as
second minister in charge of the Ministry of Technology (until the
Labour Party went out of office in 1970). Lever represented the United
Kingdom at the International Monetary Fund and European "Group of Ten"
financial conferences which considered the world currency crises of
1968. In 1969–70 Lever served as paymaster-general, with a seat in the
Cabinet. From 1974 to 1979 Lever was chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster in the Labour government, acting as adviser to the prime
minister on economic and financial policy with membership in all
cabinet committees concerned with economy. As one of the few
Labour MPs regarded as an expert on finance, Lever
was much respected for his detailed know ledge and moderation.
Though not prominent in any specific communal institution, he
worked unofficially for many Jewish and Zionist causes. In 1979 he
was given a life peerage as Lord Lever of Manchester.
His brother, LESLIE LEVER, BARON LEVER (1905–1977), sat
in the House of Commons from 1950 to 1974 and was lord mayor of
Manchester in 1957–58. He was given a life peerage in 1975. Lever was
active in Jewish affairs as president of the Manchester and Salford
Jewish Council and vice president of the Board of Guardians.
-ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ODNB online.
(Vivian David Lipman /
William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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