Douglas Jay

Douglas Jay   (politician)
Born	Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay 1907-03-23
Died	1996-03-06 (Age 88)
Nationality	UK
UK politician  President of the Board of Trade  In office 18 October 1964 - 29 August 1967 Succeeded by Anthony Crosland  UK/Financial Secretary to the Treasury  In office 23 February 1950 - 30 October 1951 Succeeded by John Boyd-Carpenter  Economic Secretary to the Treasury  In office 13 November 1947 - 23 February 1950  Member of Parliament for Battersea North In office 25 July 1946 - 9 June 1983

Douglas Jay was a UK politician.

Activities

Jay met with Hugh Gaitskell to propose that the UK Labour Party drop its old commitment to traditional socialism, particularly Clause IV which pledged "common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange".

Family

His first wife was the councillor Peggy Jay; their son is the economist Peter Jay, who married (and later divorced) Margaret Callaghan, daughter of James Callaghan with whom Douglas Jay had served in government. Douglas Jay's second wife, Mary Thomas, had been one of his assistant private secretaries at the Board of Trade.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1955 September	23 September 1955	25 September 1955	Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria	The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings.

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