Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell

Henry Snell, 1st Baron Snell CH CBE PC (1 April 1865 – 21 April 1944), was a British socialist politician and campaigner. He served in government under Ramsay MacDonald and Winston Churchill, and as the Labour Party's leader in the House of Lords in the late 1930s.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Snell
CH CBE PC
Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office
31 May 1940  21 April 1944
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Earl of Lucan
Succeeded byThe Earl Fortescue
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India
In office
13 March 1931  24 August 1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byThe Earl Russell
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Lothian
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
23 March 1931  21 April 1944
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byPeerage extinct
Member of Parliament
for Woolwich East
In office
15 November 1922  22 March 1931
Preceded byRobert Gee
Succeeded byGeorge Hicks
Personal details
Born(1865-04-01)1 April 1865
Sutton-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England
Died21 April 1944(1944-04-21) (aged 79)
London, England
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