Jay of Battersea, Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay

Jay of Battersea, Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay
▪ 1997

      BARON, British Labour Party politician and economist whose vehement opposition to the U.K.'s membership in the European Economic Community led to his dismissal as the president of the Board of Trade in 1967, though he retained his seat in Parliament until 1983 (b. March 23, 1907—d. March 6, 1996).

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