John Charles Hatch, Baron Hatch of Lusby (1 November 1917 – 11 October 1992) was a British author, broadcaster, lecturer and Labour Party politician. Hatch was born in

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but moved to

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at an early age. He attended Keighley Boys' Grammar School and

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. He subsequently became a tutor in Labour colleges and a lecturer at the

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. Between 1950 and 1970 he served as Commonwealth correspondent for the ''

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'', and developed a lifelong interest in African affairs, serving as a policy adviser to leaders such as

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and

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amongst others. He was Commonwealth Secretary of the Labour Party during the 1950s, before becoming Director of the Extra-Mural Department of the

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in 1961. He was made a

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on 5 May 1978 as Baron Hatch of Lusby ''of Oldfield in the County of

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''. He was the second husband of Turkish-born photographer Eva Grant.

Publications

*''Coal for the people; the mines for the miners...'' (1946) *''The Dilemma of South Africa'' (1952) *''The intelligent socialist's guide to Africa'' (1953) *''New from Africa'' (1956) *''Everyman's Africa'' (1959) *''Africa today-and tomorrow'' (1965) *''A History of Post-war Africa'' (1965) *''The History of Britain in Africa'' (1966) *''Africa - the rebirth of self-rule'' (1967) *''Nigeria: A history'' (1971) *''Tanzania: A profile'' (1972) *''Africa emergent: Africa's problems since independence'' (1974) *''Two African statesmen: Kaunda of Zambia and Nyerere of Tanzania'' (1976) *''Kaunda of Zambia'' (1980)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatch, John Charles 1917 births 1992 deaths Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of East Anglia Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II