The Lord Elton | |
|---|---|
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 16 January 1934 – 18 April 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Elton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1892 Sherington, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 18 April 1973 (aged 81) Nottinghamshire, England[1] |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations | National Labour (1931–1945) |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford |
Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton (29 March 1892 – 18 April 1973), was a British historian, academic and Labour Party politician. Having served in the British Army during the First World War, he was elected a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford in 1919 and appointed a lecturer in modern history by the University of Oxford. In 1934, he entered the House of Lords, having been made a peer by Ramsay MacDonald. He stepped down from his university posts in 1939 and became secretary of the Rhodes Trust.