Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

The Right Honourable The Viscount Snowden PC
Snowden in 1923
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 7 June 1929 – 5 November 1931
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Winston Churchill
Succeeded by	Neville Chamberlain
In office 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Neville Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Winston Churchill
Member of Parliament for Colne Valley
In office 15 November 1922 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by	Frederick Mallalieu
Succeeded by	Lance Mallalieu
Member of Parliament for Blackburn
In office 8 February 1906 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	Sir William Coddington
Succeeded by	Percy Dean
Personal details
Born	18 July 1864 Cowling, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	15 May 1937(1937-05-15) (aged 72) Tilford, Surrey, England
Political party	Liberal (until c. 1894) Labour (c. 1894–1931) National Labour (1931–1932) None (1932–1937)
Spouse	Ethel Annakin ​ (m. 1905)​

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC (/ˈsnoʊdən/; 18 July 1864 – 15 May 1937) was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his promise of a socialist utopia. He was the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. He broke with Labour policy in 1931, and was expelled from the party and excoriated as a turncoat, as the party was overwhelmingly crushed that year by the National Government coalition that Snowden supported. He was succeeded as Chancellor by Neville Chamberlain.