BRITISH M.P. DEAD
(N.ZP.AReuter— Copyright) LONDON, May 12. Mr Fred Bellenger. a former British Secretary of State for War, who was once described as “the most Statesmanlike of the Labour Party’s elder statesmen,” has died at the age of 73. A journalist, Mr Bellenger began his political career as a Conservative, but changed to the Labour Party in 1935. won a seat in Parliament and had held it ever since. He became Secretary of State for War in the Labour Government in 1946.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 13
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