British farmer, newspaper executive and politician
Sir Leslie Plummer
MP
Chairman of the Overseas Food Corporation
In office 16 February 1948 – 30 June 1950
Succeeded by
Sir Eric Coates
Member of Parliament for Deptford
In office 25 October 1951 – 15 April 1963
Preceded by
Jack Cooper
Succeeded by
John Silkin
Personal details
Born
(1901-06-02)2 June 1901 Demerara, British Guiana
Died
15 April 1963(1963-04-15) (aged 61) New York City, U.S.
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Beatrice Lapsker
Occupation
Newspaper executive
Sir Leslie Arthur Plummer (2 June 1901 – 15 April 1963), known to his friends as Dick Plummer,[1] 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.
^Letter from John Strachey, The Times, 19 April 1963.
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