Person Open DS/UK/3966 Snowdon; Philip (1864-1937); 1st Viscount Snowden; British politician Snowdon Philip 1864-1937 British politician Male

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC (18 July 1864 – 15 May 1937) was a British politician. A strong speaker he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his promise of a socialist utopia. He was the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. He broke with Labour policy in 1931 and was expelled from the party and excoriated as a turncoat, as the Party was overwhelmingly crushed in 1931 by the Nationalist coalition that Snowden supported. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/21/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 e2a4752d-5d2f-4608-a8f9-dc3826157e67