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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Summerskill
CH PC
Minister of National Insurance
In office
28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byJames Griffiths
Succeeded byOsbert Peake
Parliamentary Secretary
to the Ministry of Food
In office
4 August 1945 – 28 February 1950
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byFlorence Horsbrugh
Succeeded byStanley Evans
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 February 1961 – 4 February 1980
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Warrington
In office
26 May 1955 – 4 February 1961
Preceded byHyacinth Morgan
Succeeded byThomas Williams
Member of Parliament
for Fulham West
In office
6 April 1938 – 6 May 1955
Preceded byCyril Cobb
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
Born(1901-04-19)19 April 1901
Died4 February 1980(1980-02-04) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseDr Jeffrey Samuel
ChildrenShirley Summerskill
Alma materKing's College London
Charing Cross Hospital Medical School

Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, CH, PC (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949.

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