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'''Hugh Dunbar Brown''' (born ] ]) is a ] ] politician. '''Hugh Dunbar Brown''' (] ] - ] ]) was a ] ] politician.


Brown was educated at ] and ], ]. He was a civil servant at the ] and served as a councillor on the ] from 1954. Brown was born in ], where his father was a ] engineer. Both of his parents were members of the ]. He was educated at ] and ], ]. He left school aged 14 to work at the ], and became a ] at the ].


He married Mary Carmichael, daughter of MP ] and sister of future MP ], in 1947, and served as a councillor on the ] from 1954.
⚫ Brown was ] for ] from 1964 until he retired in 1987. During the ], he served as ].

⚫ He left the civil service in 1962, when he was selected as a ], and served as ] for ] from 1964 until he retired in 1987. His partliamentary interests concentrated on Scottish matters. During the ], he served as ]. With the MP for ], ], he was a British negotiator with ] during the ].

His wife died in 2000. He died in Glasgow, survived by his daughter.


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For other people named Hugh Brown, see Hugh Brown (disambiguation).

Hugh Dunbar Brown (18 May 1919 - 10 March 2008) was a British Labour Party (UK) politician.

Brown was born in Glasgow, where his father was a Clydeside engineer. Both of his parents were members of the Independent Labour Party. He was educated at Allan Glen's School and Whitehill Secondary School, Glasgow. He left school aged 14 to work at the Post Office, and became a civil servant at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance.

He married Mary Carmichael, daughter of MP Jimmy Carmichael and sister of future MP Neil Carmichael, in 1947, and served as a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation from 1954.

He left the civil service in 1962, when he was selected as a prospective parliamentary candidate, and served as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan from 1964 until he retired in 1987. His partliamentary interests concentrated on Scottish matters. During the 1974-1979 Labour government, he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. With the MP for Grimsby, Tony Crosland, he was a British negotiator with Iceland during the Cod War.

His wife died in 2000. He died in Glasgow, survived by his daughter.

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Preceded byWilliam Reid Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan
1964–1987 		Succeeded byJimmy Wray
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Preceded byHector Monro,
Alick Buchanan-Smith, and
Teddy Taylor 		Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
with Harry Ewing and Frank McElhone
1974–1979 		Succeeded byAlex Fletcher,
Russell Fairgrieve, and
Malcolm Rifkind
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