George Archibald, 1st Baron ArchibaldCBE (21 July 1898 – 25 February 1975) was a BritishLabour politician.
Archibald was the son of George W. Archibald, ofGlasgow, and was educated at St George's Road Elementary School and Alan Glen's High School.
He foughtBirmingham Sparkbrook as the Labour candidate in1931, but was heavily defeated byLeo Amery in theConservative landslide of that year.
During theSecond World War he served as Controller of theMinistry of Information from 1944 to 1945. In 1949 he was raised to the peerage by theLabour government ofClement Attlee asBaron Archibald, of Woodside in the City of Glasgow. He served under Attlee asCaptain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from June to October 1951. He was later Chairman of the Federation of British Film Makers from 1957 to 1966 and Deputy President of Film Production of Great Britain from 1966 to 1968.
Lord Archibald married firstlyDorothy, daughter of George Henry Edwards, in 1926. She died in 1960. He married secondly Catherine Edith Mary, daughter of formerPrime Minister of the United KingdomBonar Law and former wife of Kent Colwell, in 1961.
Archibald died in February 1975, aged 76. He was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage,George Christopher Archibald, who, however,disclaimed the peerage for life only a few days later. Lady Archibald died in 1992.
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| Preceded by | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1951 | Succeeded by |
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| New creation | Baron Archibald 1949–1975 | Succeeded by George Christopher Archibald (disclaimed 1975) |