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- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester abstract "(Norman) Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC (15 January 1914 – 6 August 1995) was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Manchester, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University. He was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1935. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force.Lever was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange at the 1945 general election, then Manchester, Cheetham from 1950–74. His brother, Leslie Lever, was elected MP for the neighbouring Manchester Ardwick seat. He promoted the Private Member's Bill that became the Defamation Act 1952.He was Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1967; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, September 1967–69; Paymaster General, 1969–70, a Member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1970–74 and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, 1970–73. His seat changed again, becoming Manchester Central from 1974–79. On Labour's return to power after the February 1974 general election, he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1974–79.Lever held a number of business appointments in the banking and journalism sectors. He was Governor of the London School of Economics from 1971, and of the English Speaking Union 1973–86. He was a Trustee of the Royal Opera House from 1974–82, and a Member of the Court of Manchester University from 1975–87. He was an Honorary Fellow, and Chairman of the Trustees of the Royal Academy from 1981–87. He held Honorary doctorates in Law, Science, Literature and Technology and was awarded the Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Germany, 1979.He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1969 and created a life peer as Baron Lever of Manchester, of Cheetham in the City of Manchester on 3 July 1979. As a Peer and elder statesman he successfully arbitrated the 1980 Steel Strike, one of the UK's longest industrial disputes. In 1983 he served on the Franks Committee, a committee of inquiry by six Privy Counsellors into the Falklands War. In 1984 he was Chairman of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' commission into the Developing World Debt Crisis. The following year, 1985 he co-wrote "Debt and Danger" which advocated excusing the Developing World a debt burden which was crippling their fragile economies.He died in August 1995, aged 81.His policy was adopted by the G7 in 2005, a decade after his death.".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester almaMater University_of_Manchester.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester birthDate "1914-01-15".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester birthPlace Manchester.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester birthYear "1914".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester deathDate "1995-08-06".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester deathYear "1995".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester office "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester office "Member of Parliament".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester office "forManchester Central".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester office "forManchester Cheetham".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester office "forManchester Exchange".
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester party Labour_Party_(UK).
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester predecessor John_Davies_(businessman).
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester predecessor Thomas_Hewlett.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester primeMinister Harold_Wilson.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester primeMinister James_Callaghan.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester successor Bob_Litherland.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester successor Norman_St_John-Stevas,_Baron_St_John_of_Fawsley.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester successor William_Griffiths_(politician).
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester termPeriod Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester__1.
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- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Manchester_Central_by-election,_1979.
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- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom).
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Academy.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Academy_of_Arts.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Air_Force.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Opera_House.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Shadow_Cabinet.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink The_Right_Honourable.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Hewlett.
- Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Affairs.