Charles Pannell, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Pannell

British politician

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1902

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1980

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Thomas Charles Pannell, Baron Pannell, PC (10 September 1902 – 23 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician. He entered local politics in the outer London suburbs: he was a member of Walthamstow Borough Council from 1929–36 and of Erith Borough Council from 1938–55, and served as Mayor of Erith in 1945-46.
He also sat on Kent County Council, where he was deputy leader of the Labour group from 1946-49.He was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West at a 1949 by-election, and served until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. Pannell served as Minister of Public Building and Works in the first Wilson government, 1964-66. On 21 June 1974 he was created a life peer, taking the title Baron Pannell, of the City of Leeds.