Anthony Crosland

Anthony Crosland education at Oxford was interrupted for five years by the Second World War. He joined the Parachute Regiment of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, serving in North Africa, Italy, Austria and briefly on France. Returning to Oxford to take his degree, he became chairman of the Democratic Socialist Club and President of the Oxford Union. For three years he was Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1950. From 1959 until his sudden death at...See more

Anthony Crosland education at Oxford was interrupted for five years by the Second World War. He joined the Parachute Regiment of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, serving in North Africa, Italy, Austria and briefly on France. Returning to Oxford to take his degree, he became chairman of the Democratic Socialist Club and President of the Oxford Union. For three years he was Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1950. From 1959 until his sudden death at fifty0eight, he was MP for Grimsby. His ministerial career began in 1964 as the most radical Secretary of State for Education since the war. His last office, as Foreign Secretary, was cut short as he moved into his stride: in February 1977 he died from a massive cerebral haemorrhage. See less