Arthur Bottomley

Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley, OBE, PC (7 February 1907 – 3 November 1995) was a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament and minister.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bottomley
OBE PC
Bottomley in 1946
Minister of Overseas Development
In office
11 August 1966  29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byAnthony Greenwood
Succeeded byReg Prentice
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
16 October 1964  1 August 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDuncan Sandys
Succeeded byHerbert Bowden
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office
7 October 1947  26 October 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byHarold Wilson
Succeeded byHenry Hopkinson
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough East (1962–1974)
In office
15 March 1962  13 May 1983
Preceded byHilary Marquand
Succeeded byStuart Bell
Member of Parliament for
Rochester and Chatham
Chatham (1945–1950)
In office
5 July 1945  18 September 1959
Preceded byLeonard Plugge
Succeeded byJulian Critchley
Personal details
Born
Arthur George Bottomley

7 February 1907
London, England
Died3 November 1995 (aged 88)
London, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseBessie Wiles (m. 1936)
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