Leslie Plummer
Politician
1901 – 1963
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Who was Leslie Plummer?
Sir Leslie Arthur Plummer, known to friends as Dick was a British farmer, newspaper executive and politician. He was in charge of the Overseas Food Corporation during the disastrous Tanganyika groundnut scheme in the late 1940s; later he became a Labour Party Member of Parliament where he pioneered attempts to outlaw racial discrimination.
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- Born
- Jun 2, 1901
Demerara - Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Tottenham Grammar School
- Lived in
- Hampstead
- Died
- Apr 15, 1963
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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