It was founded by Hugh Dalton, President of the Board of Trade in the wartime Government, and its objective was 'to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry'.
Hugh Masekela | Hugh Jackman | Hugh Grant | Timothy Dalton | Hugh Laurie | Hugh Hefner | Hugh | Hugh O'Brian | Joseph Dalton Hooker | Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster | Dalton McGuinty | Dalton | John Dalton | Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland | Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland | Hugh Martin | Hugh Dennis | Hugh Walpole | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone | Hugh de Lacy | St Hugh's College, Oxford | Hugh Wheeler | Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard | Hugh Trenchard | Hugh Pughe Lloyd | Hugh MacDiarmid | Hugh Lloyd | Hugh Greene | Hugh Carey | Hugh Wolff |
Durbin became Labour MP for Edmonton, 1945–1948, and was amongst those invited to Hugh Dalton's "Young Victors Dinner" held at St Ermin's Hotel, off Victoria Street SW1.