Brown, George Alfred (1914-1985)

British Labour politician. He entered Parliament in 1945, was briefly minister of works in 1951, and contested the leadership of the party on the death of Hugh Gaitskell, but was defeated by Harold Wilson.

Lord George-Brown became increasingly disenchanted with the policies pursued by the Labour Party and in 1976 he resigned from the party. He published his memoirs In My Way in 1971. He was created a life peer, taking the title Baron George-Brown, in 1970.