Hugh Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney

The Right Honourable
The Lord Jenkins of Putney
PC
Hugh Jenkins
Minister of State for the Arts
In office
4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byNorman St John-Stevas
Succeeded byThe Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
19 May 1981 – 26 January 2004
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Putney
In office
15 October 1964 – 7 April 1979
Preceded bySir Hugh Linstead
Succeeded byDavid Mellor
Personal details
Born
Hugh Gater Jenkins

(1908-07-27)27 July 1908
Enfield, England
Died26 January 2004(2004-01-26) (aged 95)
Political partyLabour
Spouses
Marie Crosbie
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(m. 1936; died 1989)​
Helena Maria Pavlidis
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(m. 1991; died 1994)​
EducationEnfield Grammar School
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service Royal Air Force
UnitRoyal Observer Corps
Battles/warsSecond World War

Hugh Gater Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney, PC (27 July 1908 – 26 January 2004) was a British Labour politician, campaigner and member of Parliament (MP) and the House of Lords.[1][2]

Jenkins was MP for Putney and served as Arts Minister from 1974 to 1976. He was the Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) between 1979 and 1981, succeeded by Joan Ruddock.[3]

His private papers are held at the London School of Economics.[4]

  1. ^ "Jenkins, Hugh Gater, Baron Jenkins of Putney (1908–2004), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93133. Retrieved 3 January 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Hugh Gater Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Lord Jenkins of Putney". the Guardian. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ "JENKINS, Hugh Gater, b 1908, Baron Jenkins of Putney, politician - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.