YOUNGEST CABINET MINISTER SINCE PITT.—Mr James Harold Wilson, the new President of the Board of Trade in the British Cabinet, photographed with his wife and son, Robin. At 31, Mr Wilson is the youngest politician to reach Cabinet rank since Pitt became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1782 at the age of 23.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25310, 9 October 1947, Page 7
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53YOUNGEST CABINET MINISTER SINCE PITT.—Mr James Harold Wilson, the new President of the Board of Trade in the British Cabinet, photographed with his wife and son, Robin. At 31, Mr Wilson is the youngest politician to reach Cabinet rank since Pitt became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1782 at the age of 23. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25310, 9 October 1947, Page 7
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