STRAUSS, GEORGE RUSSELL, BARON
- STRAUSS, GEORGE RUSSELL, BARON
- STRAUSS, GEORGE RUSSELL, BARON (1901–1993), British
politician. The son of Arthur Strauss (1847–1920), who was a
Conservative member of Parliament from 1910 to 1918, George Strauss was
educated at Rugby and entered the family firm of tin merchants. He
served as a Labour member of Parliament in 1929–31 and 1934–79. He was
also a prominent figure in the London County Council, on which he served
in 1926–31 and 1932–46. In 1945 he was made parliamentary secretary to
the Ministry of Transport. Strauss became minister of supply in 1947,
and was responsible for executing the nationalization of the steel
industry in 1949. During the 1930s Strauss was on the left of the party,
helping to fund the left-wing weekly Tribune. Later he moved
to the party's center. In 1968 he helped secure the abolition of theater
censorship. From 1974 to 1979 he was the "Father of the House," the
longest-serving Member of Parliament. He was made a life peer in 1979.
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ODNB online.
(Vivian David Lipman /
William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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