James Chuter Ede

The Right Honourable The Lord Chuter-Ede CH PC DL JP
Ede in 1945
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 16 March 1951 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Herbert Morrison
Succeeded by	Harry Crookshank
Home Secretary
In office 3 August 1945 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Sir Donald Somervell
Succeeded by	Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
In office 15 May 1940 – 13 August 1944
President	Herwald Ramsbotham Rab Butler
Preceded by	Kenneth Lindsay
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education
In office 13 August 1944 – 23 May 1945
Minister	Rab Butler
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Thelma Cazalet-Keir
Member of Parliament for South Shields
In office 14 November 1935 – 25 September 1964
Preceded by	Harcourt Johnstone
Succeeded by	Arthur Blenkinsop
In office 30 May 1929 – 6 October 1931
Preceded by	Edward Harney
Succeeded by	Harcourt Johnstone
Member of Parliament for Mitcham
In office 3 March 1923 – 16 November 1923
Preceded by	Thomas Worsfold
Succeeded by	Richard James Meller
Personal details
Born	James Chuter Ede (1882-09-11)11 September 1882 Epsom, Surrey
Died	11 November 1965(1965-11-11) (aged 83) Ewell, Surrey
Political party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Liberal
Spouse	Lilian Williams ​ ​ (m. 1917; died 1948)​
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

James Chuter Chuter-Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede, CH, PC, DL, JP (né Ede; 11 September 1882 – 11 November 1965), was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 32 years, and served as the sole Home Secretary under Prime Minister Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951, becoming the longest-serving Home Secretary of the 20th century.