List of Privy Counsellors (1910–1936)
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This is a List of Privy Counsellor
s of the United Kingdom appointed during the reign of King George V
, from 1910 to 1936.
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
s of the United Kingdom appointed during the reign of King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
, from 1910 to 1936.
1910
- Sir Samuel Thomas EvansSamuel Thomas EvansSir Samuel Thomas Evans GCB PC QC , was a Welsh barrister, judge and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1859–1918) - Prince Arthur of ConnaughtPrince Arthur of ConnaughtPrince Arthur of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. Prince Arthur held the title of a British prince with the style His Royal Highness...
(1883–1938) - The Lord KnollysFrancis Knollys, 1st Viscount KnollysFrancis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, PC, ISO , was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1901–1913....
(1837–1924) - Hon. Sir William CaringtonWilliam CaringtonSir William Henry Peregrine Carington GCVO KCB PC JP was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1883-Biography:...
(1845–1914) - Sir Arthur BiggeArthur Bigge, 1st Baron StamfordhamArthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, GCB, GCVO, GCIE, KCSI, KCMG , ISO, PC , was a British soldier and courtier. He was Private Secretary to Queen Victoria during the last few years of her reign, and to King George V during most of his reign...
(1849–1931) - Sir William RobsonWilliam Robson, Baron RobsonWilliam Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson PC was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1910....
(1852–1918) - The Lord SheffieldEdward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of AlderleyEdward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 3rd Baron Eddisbury PC was an English peer.He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford....
(1839–1925) - Sir George MurrayGeorge Murray (civil servant)Sir George Herbert Murray GCB GCVO ISO PC was a British civil servant.Murray was born in Southfleet, Kent, England, the son of the village's rector. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office in 1873 and transferred to HM Treasury in 1880...
(1849–1936) - Sir William MatherWilliam MatherSir William Mather was a British industrialist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1904....
(1838–1920) - Ronald Munro-FergusonRonald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount NovarRonald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG PC , was a Scottish politician and colonial governor. He served as the sixth Governor-General of Australia , and is considered as probably the most politically influential holder of this post...
(1860–1934) - James CaldwellJames Caldwell (MP)James Caldwell was a Scottish politician. He served as an MP for two constituencies.He was first elected for Glasgow St Rollox in 1886 as a Liberal Unionist...
(1839–1925) - Sir George BuchananGeorge Buchanan (diplomat)Sir George William Buchanan GCB GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the son of British Ambassador Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt.....
(1854–1924)
1911
- Sir Charles Swann, BtSir Charles Swann, 1st BaronetSir Charles Ernest Swann, 1st Baronet, was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.He was born as Charles Ernest Schwann, fifth son of J Frederick Schwann of Gloucester Square, London and Henrietta Kell of Birmingham...
(1844–1929) - Sir Joseph Compton-RickettJoseph Compton-RickettSir Joseph Compton-Rickett was a Liberal Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament for Scarborough from 1895 to 1906, for Osgoldcross from 1906 to 1918, and for the Pontefract constituency that largely replaced it from 1918 until his death the following year...
(1847–1919) - William AbrahamWilliam Abraham (Welsh politician)William "Mabon" Abraham was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician, and a Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1920. Although an MP for 35 years, it was as a trade unionist that Abraham is most well known...
(1842–1922) - John Frederick CheethamJohn Frederick CheethamJohn Frederick Cheetham PC was a cotton mill-owner in Cheshire and a Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for two five-year periods, in the 1880s and the 1900s....
(1835–1916) - Abraham FischerAbraham FischerAbraham Fischer was a South African statesman. He was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa, and when that ceased to exist joined the cabinet of the newly formed Union of South Africa.-Biography:...
(1850–1913) - The Master of ElibankAlexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of ElibankAlexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC , called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...
(1870–1920) - Alexander Kinnear (1833–1917)
- The Lord Islington (1866–1936)
- Andrew FisherAndrew FisherAndrew Fisher was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister on three separate occasions. Fisher's 1910-13 Labor ministry completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation...
(1862–1928) - Sir Edward Morris (1859–1935)
- Sir Thomas Vezey Strong (1857–1920)
- Sir William Anson, Bt (1843–1914)
- Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt (1845–1937)
- Sir John RhysJohn RhysSir John Rhys was a Welsh scholar, fellow of the British Academy, celticist and the first Professor of Celtic at Oxford University.-Early years and education:...
(1840–1915) - Sir Rufus IsaacsRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of ReadingRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC , was an English lawyer, jurist and politician...
(1860–1935) - Thomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916...
(1855–1927) - Thomas James MacnamaraThomas James MacnamaraThomas James Macnamara PC , was a British teacher, educationalist and Liberal politician.-Education:Macnamara was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of a soldier originally from County Clare in Ireland. His family returned to Britain in 1869 and Macnamara was educated first at the Depot School in...
(1861–1931) - John Henry WhitleyJohn Henry WhitleyJohn Henry Whitley , often known as J. H. Whitley, was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.- Family and early career :John Henry...
(1866–1935) - Charles FenwickCharles FenwickCharles Fenwick was a British trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1918....
(1850–1918) - John William WilsonJohn William WilsonJohn William Wilson, PC was a British politician who served for 27 years as a Member of Parliament , initially as Liberal Unionist and then as a Liberal....
(1858–1932) - Andrew Bonar Law (1858–1923)
- William Fisher (1853–1920)
- Laurence HardyLaurence HardyLaurence Hardy was a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Ashford from 1892 to 1918.-References:...
(1854–1933) - F. E. SmithF. E. Smith, 1st Earl of BirkenheadFrederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead GCSI, PC, KC , best known to history as F. E. Smith , was a British Conservative statesman and lawyer of the early 20th century. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living...
(1872–1930) - Frederick Huth Jackson (1863–1921)
1912
- The Earl of DurhamJohn Lambton, 3rd Earl of DurhamJohn George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham KG, GCVO, PC , known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, was a British peer....
(1855–1928) - The Lord Lucas of Crudwell (1876–1916)
- Sir Robert BordenRobert BordenSir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...
(1854–1937) - Sir Francis HopwoodFrancis Hopwood, 1st Baron SouthboroughFrancis John Stephens Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough GCB GCMG GCVO KCSI PC was a British civil servant and solicitor....
(1860–1947) - George LambertGeorge Lambert, 1st Viscount LambertGeorge Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, PC was a long-serving British Member of Parliament .Lambert was first elected as Liberal MP for South Molton at a by-election in 1891. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1905-1915. He lost his seat at the 1924 to the Conservative Cedric Drewe, but regained...
(1866–1958) - Charles Peter AllenCharles Peter AllenCharles Peter Allen MP was an English Liberal politician who represented Stroud from 1900-1914. His professional career was as a solicitor and newspaper journalist...
(1861–1930) - Thomas FerensThomas FerensThomas Robinson Ferens was a British politician, a philanthropist, and an industrialist. He was the Member of Parliament for Hull East for 13 years, and served the city as a Justice of the Peace and as High Steward. He helped establish Reckitt & Sons, a manufacturer of household goods, as one of...
(1847–1930) - The Lord StrachieEdward Strachey, 1st Baron StrachieEdward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie PC , known as Sir Edward Strachey, Bt, between 1901 and 1911, was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...
(1858–1936) - Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946)
- Sir Henry William PrimroseHenry PrimroseSir Henry William Primrose K.C.B., C.S.I., I.S.O., P.C. was a Scottish civil servant. He joined the Treasury in 1869, served as private secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1880 to 1884 and to Gladstone in 1886. He was secretary of the Office of Works from 1887 to 1895...
(1846–1923) - Charles Masterman (1874–1927)
- Sir David Brynmor JonesDavid Brynmor JonesSir David Brynmor Jones was a British barrister, historian and Liberal Member of Parliament.David Brynmor Jones was born in 1851 in Swansea, the first of the six children of Revd. Thomas Jones, a Congregationalist minister, and Jane Jones. His younger siblings were Annie, John Viriamu Jones Sir...
(1851–1921) - Sir Henry DalzielHenry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of KirkcaldyJames Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy PC , known as Sir Henry Dalziel, Bt, between 1918 and 1921, was a British newspaper proprietor, Liberal politician and supporter of David Lloyd George....
(1868–1928) - Sir Albert Spicer, BtSir Albert Spicer, 1st BaronetSir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet PC was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician.He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L...
(1847–1934) - Sir John Compton LawranceJohn Compton LawranceSir John Compton Lawrance DL was an English judge and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Lawrance was the son of Thomas Munton Lawrance of Dunsby Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife Louisa Compton. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1859, and became a Q.C. in 1877. He became Recorder...
(1832–1912) - Sir John HamiltonJohn Hamilton, 1st Viscount SumnerJohn Andrew Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner GCB, PC was a British lawyer and judge. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice in 1909, a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1912 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1913...
(1859–1934) - Sir Conyngham Greene (1854–1934)
1913
- The Earl of DesartHamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of DesartHamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart, KP, KCB, PC was an Irish peer and solicitor.-Early life:...
(1848–1934) - Sir John SimonJohn Simon, 1st Viscount SimonJohn Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
(1873–1954) - The Lord Parker of WaddingtonRobert Parker, Baron Parker of WaddingtonRobert John Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington in the County of Yorkshire PC was a British judge and barrister....
(1857–1918) - Sir Cecil Spring-RiceCecil Spring-RiceSir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice GCMG GCVO , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918.-Early life:...
(1859–1918) - The Lord WelbyReginald Welby, 1st Baron WelbyReginald Earle Welby, 1st Baron Welby GCB, PC was a British peer, former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and former President of the Royal Statistical Society.-Early life and education:...
(1832–1915) - Herbert LewisHerbert LewisSir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...
(1858–1933) - Sir Alfred Mond, BtAlfred Mond, 1st Baron MelchettAlfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, FRS , known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician...
(1868–1930) - Sir Charles Swinfen EadyCharles Swinfen Eady, 1st Baron SwinfenCharles Swinfen Eady, 1st Baron Swinfen PC, QC , was a British lawyer and judge.Eady was the son of George John Eady of Chertsey, Surrey, and his wife Laura Maria Smith, daughter of Richard Smith. He was educated privately and at the University of London, and was admitted a solicitor in 1874. In...
(1851–1919) - Sir Louis du Pan Mallet (1864–1936)
- Sir Arthur Henry HardingeArthur Henry HardingeSir, ,Arthur Henry Hardinge , G.C.M.G.,1910, K.C.B.,1904, , a fluent speaker of the Spanish and the French languages, was the son of General Hon...
(1859–1933) - Sir Joshua Strange Williams (1837–1915)
- Sir Walter Phillimore, BtWalter Phillimore, 1st Baron PhillimoreWalter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore PC , known as Sir Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baronet, from 1885 to 1918, was a British lawyer and judge.-Biography:...
(1845–1929) - Robert MunroRobert Munro, 1st Baron AlnessRobert Munro, 1st Baron Alness GBE, PC, KC, DL was a Scottish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland between 1916 and 1922 in David Lloyd George's coalition government and as Lord Justice Clerk between 1922 and 1933.-Background and education:Munro was born in...
(1868–1955)
1914
- The Lord ParmoorCharles Cripps, 1st Baron ParmoorCharles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor KCVO, PC, QC was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England causes....
(1852–1941) - Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood-Wilson (1850–1940)
- William MasseyWilliam MasseyWilliam Ferguson Massey, often known as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill" served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular...
(1856–1925) - Sir Willoughby DickinsonWilloughby Dickinson, 1st Baron DickinsonWilloughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
(1859–1943) - Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke (1861–1939)
- Sir William PickfordWilliam Pickford, 1st Baron SterndaleWilliam Pickford, 1st Baron Sterndale PC was a British lawyer and judge. He served as a Lord Justice of Appeal between 1914 and 1918, as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division between 1918 and 1919 and as Master of the Rolls between 1919 and 1923.-Legal and judicial...
(1848–1923) - Sir Arthur Moseley ChannellArthur Moseley ChannellSir Arthur Moseley Channell, QC was an English rower and High Court judge.Channell was the son of William Fry Channell of Hyde Park Gardens, who was later Baron Channell, of the Court of Exchequer. He was educated at Harrow School and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on 24 October 1856...
(1838–1928) - The Lord St DavidsJohn Philipps, 1st Viscount St DavidsJohn Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
(1860–1938) - Sir Thomas Townsend BucknillThomas Townsend BucknillSir Thomas Townsend Bucknill MP QC was an English judge of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, a Member of Parliament and a Privy Councillor.-Biography:...
(1845–1915) - Harold TennantHarold TennantHarold John "Jack" Tennant PC was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland under his brother-in-law H. H...
(1865–1935) - Ellis Ellis-GriffithSir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st BaronetSir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet PC KC , was a British barrister and Liberal politician.Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Ellis-Griffith was the son of Thomas Morris Griffith, a builder...
(1860–1926) - Sir Joseph CookJoseph CookSir Joseph Cook, GCMG was an Australian politician and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia. Born as Joseph Cooke and working in the coal mines of Silverdale, Staffordshire during his early life, he emigrated to Lithgow, New South Wales during the late 1880s, and became General-Secretary of the...
(1860–1947) - The Earl Kitchener (1850–1916)
- Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854–1921)
- Sir Frederick PonsonbyFrederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron SysonbyFrederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC , was a British soldier and courtier.Ponsonby was the second son of General Sir Henry Ponsonby and his wife the Hon. Mary Elizabeth...
(1867–1935)
1915
- Arthur HendersonArthur HendersonArthur Henderson was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and he served three short terms as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1908–1910, 1914–1917 and 1931-1932....
(1863–1935) - Sir William MacGregorWilliam MacGregorSir William MacGregor GCMG, CB was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea, Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland.-Early life:...
(1846–1919) - Sir James Rose Innes (1855–1942)
- Sir John Eldon Bankes (1854–1946)
- Hon. Edwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel MontaguEdwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...
(1879–1924) - Sir Thomas Warrington (1851–1937)
- Sir Stanley BuckmasterStanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount BuckmasterStanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, GCVO, PC, KC was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He was Lord Chancellor under H. H...
(1861–1934) - Sir John JordanJohn Jordan (diplomat)Sir John Newell Jordan GCMG GCIE KCB PC was a British diplomat.Jordan was born in Balloo, County Down, Ireland, the son of a wealthy Presbyterian farmer. He apparently never lost his Irish accent. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College, Belfast and Queen's...
(1852–1925) - Lord Robert CecilRobert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of ChelwoodEdgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom...
(1864–1958) - The Lord NewtonThomas Legh, 2nd Baron NewtonThomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton PC, DL , was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who served as Paymaster-General during the First World War.-Background and education:...
(1857–1942) - Francis Dyke Acland (1874–1939)
- Harold BakerHarold Baker (Liberal politician)Harold Trevor Baker PC was a British scholar and Liberal politician.Born on Portsea Island, Baker was elected to the House of Commons for Accrington in the January 1910 general election, a seat he held until 1918. He served in the Liberal administration of H. H...
(1877–1960) - Sir George CaveGeorge Cave, 1st Viscount CaveGeorge Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG, KC, PC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under David Lloyd George from 1916 to 1919 and served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1928.-Background and education:Cave was born in...
(1856–1928) - Sir Henry DukeHenry Duke, 1st Baron MerrivaleHenry Edward Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale PC, QC , was a British judge and Conservative politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1916 and 1918.-Background and education:...
(1855–1939) - J. M. RobertsonJ. M. RobertsonJohn Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.- Biography :...
(1856–1933)
1916
- Sir Matthew Ingle Joyce (1839–1930)
- Sir Frederick Banbury, BtFrederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of SouthamFrederick George Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam PC , known as Sir Frederick Banbury, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1924, was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament....
(1850–1936) - Sir Daniel Ford GoddardDaniel Ford GoddardSir Daniel Ford Goddard PC was a British civil engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Ipswich from 1895 to 1918....
(1850–1922) - George Nicoll BarnesGeorge Nicoll BarnesGeorge Nicoll Barnes CH PC was a Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party.Barnes was born in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands...
(1859–1940) - Will CrooksWill CrooksWilliam Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society...
(1852–1921) - Frederick Leverton Harris (1864–1926)
- Sir Donald Maclean (1864–1932)
- Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins (1858–1928)
- The Lord ChelmsfordFrederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount ChelmsfordFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland , Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford...
(1868–1933) - Billy HughesBilly HughesWilliam Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....
(1862–1952) - Francis Bingham MildmayFrancis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of FleteFrancis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete DL, TD was initially a Liberal and later a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1922 when he was raised to the peerage....
(1861–1947) - Christopher AddisonChristopher Addison, 1st Viscount AddisonSir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...
(1869–1951) - C. W. Bowerman (1851–1947)
- Sir Gilbert Parker, Bt (1862–1932)
- Sir Harry Simon SamuelHarry Simon SamuelSir Harry Simon Samuel was an English Member of Parliament for Limehouse and then Norwood in London. He was an advocate of protection in trade and he campaigned against free trade during his political career.-Early life:...
(1853–1934) - Sir George Eulas FosterGeorge Eulas FosterSir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century....
(1847–1931) - John MacdonaldJohn Macdonald (British politician)John Archibald Murray Macdonald PC was a British Liberal Party politician.The fourth son of the Rev. H. F. Macdonald DD, Strachur, Argyllshire, he was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University and Edinburgh University.He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley from 1892 to...
(1854–1939) - The Earl of CrawfordDavid Lindsay, 27th Earl of CrawfordDavid Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....
(1871–1940) - Sir Thomas Edward ScruttonThomas Edward ScruttonSir Thomas Edward Scrutton was an English legal text-writer and judge.-Biography:Thomas Edward Scrutton was born in London, UK. He studied as a scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, then at University College London...
(1856–1934) - The Lord Rhondda (1856–1918)
- Sir Albert StanleyAlbert Stanley, 1st Baron AshfieldAlbert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, PC, TD , born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board from 1933 to 1947.Although...
(1874–1948) - John Hodge (1855–1937)
- Sir Joseph Maclay, Bt (1857–1951)
- Rowland ProtheroRowland Prothero, 1st Baron ErnleRowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO, PC was a British agricultural expert, administrator, journalist, author and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(1851–1937) - Sir Frederick Cawley, BtFrederick Cawley, 1st Baron CawleyFrederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley PC, JP , known as Sir Frederick Cawley, Bt, between 1906 and 1918, was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. A wealthy cotton merchant, he represented Prestwich in parliament between 1895 and 1918 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster...
(1850–1937) - Albert IllingworthAlbert Illingworth, 1st Baron IllingworthAlbert Holden Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth PC , was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1916 and 1921 in David Lloyd George's coalition government.-Background and education:...
(1865–1942) - William BraceWilliam BraceWilliam Brace was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician. Born in Risca, in the coal-mining district of Monmouthshire, he was one of six children of Thomas and Anne Brace. Brace briefly attended school before starting work at the local colliery, aged 12...
(1865–1947) - Herbert FisherHerbert FisherHerbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM, FRS, PC was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government....
(1865–1940) - James Avon Clyde (1863–1944)
1917
- The Lord CowdrayWeetman Pearson, 1st Viscount CowdrayWeetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO, PC , known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt, between 1894 and 1910 and as The Lord Cowdray between 1910 and 1917, was a British engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician...
(1856–1927) - John GullandJohn GullandJohn William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...
(1864–1920) - Thomas Wiles (1861–1951)
- Leifchild JonesLeifchild Jones, 1st Baron RhayaderLeifchild Stratten Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader PC , known as Leif Jones before his elevation to the peerage in 1932, was a British Temperance movement leader and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1862–1939) - William Philip SchreinerWilliam Philip SchreinerWilliam Philip Schreiner was a barrister, politician, statesman and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony during the Second Boer War.-Career:...
(1857–1919) - Jan SmutsJan SmutsJan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...
(1870–1950) - Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)
- Neil James Archibald PrimroseNeil James Archibald PrimroseCaptain The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose PC, MC , was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as...
(1882–1917) - Henry ForsterHenry Forster, 1st Baron ForsterHenry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...
(1866–1936) - Ernest George PretymanErnest George PretymanErnest George Pretyman PC, JP, DL , known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...
(1860–1931) - Sir Evelyn CecilEvelyn Cecil, 1st Baron RockleyEvelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, GBE, PC was a British, Conservative Party politician.Born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square in the heart of London's Mayfair, Cecil was the eldest son of Lord Eustace Cecil and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford...
(1865–1941) - Herbert Pease (1867–1949)
- James Henry ThomasJames Henry ThomasJames Henry "Jimmy" Thomas was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. He was involved in a political scandal involving budget leaks.-Early career and Trade Union activities:...
(1874–1949) - Thomas AshtonThomas Ashton (trade unionist)Thomas Ashton was a British trade unionist.Born in Openshaw, Ashton worked as a coal miner from the age of 12, and in 1865 became secretary of the Bradford and Clayton miners' lodge. This dissolved two years later, but Ashton re-established it in 1873, facing victimisation, but also being elected...
(1844–1927) - The Earl of LiverpoolArthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool-References:...
(1870–1941) - Sir Eric Campbell GeddesEric Campbell GeddesSir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 and as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921....
(1875–1937) - George Henry RobertsGeorge Henry RobertsGeorge Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...
(1869–1928) - Sir Edward Ridley (1843–1928)
- Sir Henry Bargrave Finelley Deane (1846–1919)
- The Lord Rothermere (1868–1940)
- Sir Charles DarlingCharles Darling, 1st Baron DarlingCharles Darling was an English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge. After being educated privately, he was called to the English Bar in 1874. He was appointed a QC in 1885, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Deptford from 1888 until 1897, when he was appointed a Judge...
(1849–1936) - Sir Auckland GeddesAuckland Geddes, 1st Baron GeddesAuckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat...
(1879–1954)
1918
- Lord Edmund TalbotEdmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
(1855–1947) - Lord Hugh CecilHugh Cecil, 1st Baron QuickswoodHugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood PC , styled Lord Hugh Cecil until 1941, was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...
(1869–1956) - Sir Henry Craik, BtSir Henry Craik, 1st BaronetSir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, PC, KCB was a Scottish Unionist politician.He was Member of Parliament for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1906 to 1918, and for the Combined Scottish Universities from 1918 until his death in 1927...
(1846–1927) - Sir Gordon HewartGordon Hewart, 1st Viscount HewartGordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...
(1870–1943) - Sir Henry Norman, Bt (1858–1939)
- Thomas RichardsThomas Richards (politician)Thomas Richards was a Welsh trade unionist and politician.Richards was first elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for West Monmouthshire at a by-election in 1904. In 1909, he was instructed by his trade union, to resign the Liberal whip and take the Labour whip and at both the 1910 General...
(1859–1931) - The Lord BeaverbrookMax Aitken, 1st Baron BeaverbrookWilliam Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...
(1879–1964) - The Lord PirrieWilliam Pirrie, 1st Viscount PirrieWilliam James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, KP, PC was a leading Irish shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898...
(1847–1924) - Sir William Weir (1877–1959)
- The Viscount French of YpresJohn French, 1st Earl of YpresField Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a British and Anglo-Irish officer...
(1852–1925) - Edward ShorttEdward ShorttEdward Shortt PC KC was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He served as a member of David Lloyd George's cabinet, notably as Home Secretary from 1919 to 1922.-Background and education:...
(1862–1935) - The Earl of DonoughmoreRichard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of DonoughmoreRichard Walter Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore KP, PC , styled Viscount Suirdale until 1900, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician...
(1875–1948) - William Frederick Lloyd (1864–1937)
- William AdamsonWilliam AdamsonWilliam Adamson was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour politician. He was Leader of the Labour Party between 1917 and 1921 and served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1924 and between 1929 and 1931 in the first two Labour administrations headed by Ramsay MacDonald.-Background:Adamson was...
(1863–1936) - William BullSir William Bull, 1st BaronetSir William James Bull, 1st Baronet was a British solicitor and Conservative politician.-Biography:Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor, and his wife Cecilia Ann Howard, daughter of James Peter Howard. He was returned to Parliament for Hammersmith in 1900, a seat he held until 1918, and...
(1863–1931) - Sir Edward Alfred Goulding, BtEdward Goulding, 1st Baron WargraveEdward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1895 and 1922, before being ennobled and taking his seat in the House of Lords...
(1856–1925) - Sir Archibald Williamson, BtArchibald Williamson, 1st Baron ForresArchibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....
(1860–1931) - Ian Macpherson (1880–1937)
- J. R. Clynes (1869–1949)
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt (1868–1931)
1919
- Andrew WeirAndrew Weir, 1st Baron InverforthAndrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth PC created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow...
(1865–1955) - Sir Satyendra Prasanna SinhaSatyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron SinhaSatyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur KCSI PC KC was a prominent lawyer and statesman in British India.-Background and education:...
(1864–1928) - Sir Louis Henry DaviesLouis Henry DaviesSir Louis Henry Davies, was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician, the third Premier...
(1845–1924) - Sir Lyman Duff (1865–1955)
- Sir Robert HorneRobert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of SlamannanRobert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...
(1871–1940) - Sir James Atkin (1867–1944)
- Sir Horace Brooks MarshallHorace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron MarshallHorace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead KCVO PC was an English publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919.Marshall was born in Streatham, Surrey, a suburb of London...
(1865–1936) - The Earl of LyttonVictor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of LyttonVictor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...
(1876–1947) - The Viscount PeelWilliam Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl PeelWilliam Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...
(1867–1937) - The Lord Lee of FarehamArthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of FarehamArthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, GCB, GBE, GCSI, PC was a British soldier, diplomat, politician and patron of the arts. After military postings and an assignment to the British Embassy in Washington, he entered politics and served as Minster of Agriculture and Fisheries and First...
(1868–1947) - Sir Ralph PagetRalph PagetSir Ralph Spencer Paget KCMG, CVO, PC was a diplomat in the British Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to Brazil in 1918...
(1864–1940) - Sir Esme HowardEsme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of PenrithEsme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1924 and 1930....
(1863–1939) - Hon. Sir Francis Hyde VilliersFrancis Hyde VilliersSir Francis Hyde Villiers was an English civil servant.Youngest son of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Villiers entered the Foreign Office in 1870...
(1852–1925) - Sir Robert YoungerRobert Younger, Baron BlanesburghRobert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh GBE, PC, QC was a Scottish barrister and judge.The son of James Younger and Janet McEwan, and younger brother of the 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in...
(1861–1946) - Sir John Tudor WaltersJohn Tudor WaltersSir John Tudor Walters PC , was a British architect, surveyor and Liberal politician. He served as Paymaster-General under David Lloyd George from 1919 to 1922 and once again briefly in 1931 under Ramsay MacDonald.-Political career:...
(1868–1933) - Sir Charles EliotCharles Eliot (diplomat)Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot GCMG, PC was a British knight diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900-1904. He was British Ambassador to Japan in 1919-1925.He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist...
(1862–1931)
1920
- Sir Arthur Griffith-BoscawenArthur Griffith-BoscawenLieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC was a British Conservative Party politician whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections....
(1865–1946) - Hon. Frederick Guest (1875–1937)
- Charles DohertyCharles DohertyCharles Joseph Doherty, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Marcus Doherty, a judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of Quebec and Elizabeth Doherty, Doherty was educated at St...
(1855–1931) - Sir Frederick Lugard (1858–1945)
- Arthur Sifton (1858–1921)
- William WattWilliam WattWilliam Alexander Watt PC was an Australian politician who was the 24th Premier of Victoria, and later a leading federal politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives....
(1871–1946) - Sir William Thomas WhiteWilliam Thomas WhiteSir William Thomas White, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.-Biography:White worked as a reporter for the Toronto Evening Telegram in 1890, and subsequently worked for Toronto's Assessment Department...
(1866–1955) - Edward, Prince of WalesEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
(1894–1972) - Sir Adrian KnoxAdrian KnoxSir Adrian Knox KCMG, KC , Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930.-Education:...
(1863–1932) - Sir Hamar Greenwood, BtHamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount GreenwoodHamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC , known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician...
(1870–1948) - Charles McCurdyCharles McCurdyCharles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....
(1870–1941) - Thomas Brash MorisonThomas Brash MorisonSir Thomas Brash Morison was a Scottish politician and judge.Morison was born in Edinburgh. He went to Edinburgh University where he obtained MA and LL.D degrees. He was called to the bar in Scotland in 1891 and then in England in 1899. He was knighted in 1906...
(1868–1945) - Stanley BaldwinStanley BaldwinStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
(1867–1947) - Frederick KellawayFrederick KellawayFrederick George Kellaway PC , often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922....
(1870–1933) - F. S. MalanF. S. MalanFrançois Stephanus Malan PC , usually called F. S. Malan or just F. S., was a South African politician....
(1871–1941) - Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1836–1925)
- Sir George Dixon GrahameGeorge Dixon GrahameGeorge Dixon Grahame, born 28 April 1873, the only son of Richard Grahame of Alderley Edge. Educated at Charterhouse, in Hodgsonite House, between summer 1887 and autumn 1888. Grahame entered the Diplomatic Service in 1896, he was attaché to the Paris Embassy in 1897, Charge d’Affaires at Berlin...
(1873–1940) - The Lord d'AbernonEdgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'AbernonEdgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon, GCB, GCMG, PC, FRS was a British politician, diplomat, art collector and author.-Early life:...
(1857–1941) - William Bridgeman (1864–1935)
- Arthur MeighenArthur MeighenArthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
(1874–1960) - Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt (1869–1941)
- Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley (1869–1952)
1921
- William Burdett-Coutts (1851–1921)
- Sir Alfred LawrenceAlfred Lawrence, 1st Baron TrevethinAlfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin PC was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1921 to 1922....
(1843–1936) - Sir Robert StoutRobert StoutSir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...
(1844–1930) - Sir Edwin Cornwall, Bt (1863–1953)
- Sir Thomas William Smartt (1858–1929)
- V. S. Srinivasa Sastri (1869–1946)
- The Duke of AthollJohn Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of AthollColonel John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl KT GCVO CB DSO PC ADC , styled Marquess of Tullibardine until 1917, was a Scottish soldier and Conservative politician.-Early life:...
(1871–1942) - Sir Ronald William Graham (1870–1949)
- Sir Isaac IsaacsIsaac IsaacsSir Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB GCMG KC was an Australian judge and politician, was the third Chief Justice of Australia, ninth Governor-General of Australia and the first born in Australia to occupy that post. He is the only person ever to have held both positions of Chief Justice of Australia and...
(1855–1948) - George PearceGeorge PearceSir George Foster Pearce KCVO was an Australian politician who was instrumental in founding the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia....
(1870–1952)
1922
- The Viscount EsherReginald Brett, 2nd Viscount EsherReginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB, PC, DL was a historian and Liberal politician in the United Kingdom.Brett was the son of William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher and Eugénie Mayer...
(1852–1930) - James Hope (1870–1949)
- Sir Ernest Pollock, BtErnest Pollock, 1st Viscount HanworthErnest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth KBE PC KC was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Master of the Rolls.He was the MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1910 to 1923...
(1861–1936) - Charles David Murray (1866–1936)
- The Marquess of ZetlandLawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of ZetlandLaurence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP , styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British Conservative politician...
(1876–1961) - Edward Theodore SalvesenEdward Theodore SalvesenEdward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen PC QC LLD was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge.-Biography:...
(1857–1942) - Leo Amery (1873–1955)
- Leslie Orme WilsonLeslie Orme WilsonSir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Queensland.-Personal life:...
(1876–1955) - William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
(1874–1950) - Hon. E. F. L. WoodE. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxEdward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, , known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s, during which he held several senior ministerial posts, most notably as...
(1881–1959) - Sir Philip Lloyd-GreamePhilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of SwintonPhilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...
(1884–1972) - Sir Robert Sanders, BtRobert Sanders, 1st Baron BayfordLieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...
(1867–1940) - Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt (1880–1959)
- Sir John Baird, BtJohn Baird, 1st Viscount StonehavenJohn Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...
(1874–1941) - Anderson BarlowSir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st BaronetSir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet KBE was an English barrister and Conservative Party politician....
(1868–1951) - George TryonGeorge Tryon, 1st Baron TryonMajor George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, PC was a British Conservative politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years....
(1871–1940) - Neville ChamberlainNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
(1869–1940) - Sir Douglas HoggDouglas Hogg, 1st Viscount HailshamDouglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1872–1950) - William Watson (1873–1948)
- Sir John Gilmour, Bt (1876–1940)
- Sir Samuel Roberts, BtSir Samuel Roberts, 1st BaronetSir Samuel Roberts, 1st Baronet PC, DL was a British politician and businessman.A descendent of the Samuel Roberts who built Queen's Tower in Norfolk Park, Roberts grew up in the building and attended Repton School, Trinity College, Cambridge and then Inner Temple, becoming a barrister in 1877.He...
(1852–1926) - Sir Archibald Tutton James SalvidgeArchibald SalvidgeSir Archibald Tutton James Salvidge KBE PC was an English politician, most notable for securing the political dominance of the Conservative Party in Liverpool through the use of the Working Men's Conservative Association , earning him the nickname "the king of Liverpool"...
(1863–1928) - Sir William SutherlandWilliam Sutherland (Scottish politician)Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...
(1880–1949) - William Dudley WardWilliam Dudley WardWilliam Dudley Ward PC , was a British sportsman and Liberal politician.-Early life:Dudley Ward was born in London, the son of William Humble Dudley Ward and the great-grandson of William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward His mother was the Honourable Eugenie Violet Adele Brett,...
(1877–1946) - Hilton Young (1879–1960)
- The Marquess of BathThomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of BathThomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG, CB, PC, JP , styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 and Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1924...
(1862–1946) - The Earl of CromerRowland Baring, 2nd Earl of CromerRowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO, PC, ADC was the son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer.During World War I he served as a subaltern in the Grenadier Guards...
(1877–1953) - The Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, PC, GCVO, CBE, was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester , the daughter of George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall and Lady Harriet Anne Butler.-Family life:On 15 July...
(1869–1961)
1923
- John Frederick Peel RawlinsonJohn Frederick Peel RawlinsonJohn Frederick Peel Rawlinson was an amateur English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1882 playing as a goalkeeper, before serving as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge University from 1906 to 1926.-Football:Rawlinson was born in New...
(1860–1926) - Sir William Joynson-Hicks, BtWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount BrentfordWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford PC, PC , DL , known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which...
(1865–1932) - Montagu Norman
- George GibbsGeorge Gibbs, 1st Baron WraxallGeorge Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC , was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and Janet Louisa Merivale, daughter of John Louis Merivale...
(1873–1931) - Bolton Eyres-MonsellBolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount MonsellBolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...
(1881–1969) - Stanley Bruce (1883–1967)
- William Stevens FieldingWilliam Stevens FieldingWilliam Stevens Fielding, PC was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh Premier of Nova Scotia , and the federal finance minister 1896–1911 and 1921–25.-Early life:...
(1848–1929) - Sir Charles Henry Sargant (1856–1942)
1924
- The Earl WintertonEdward Turnour, 6th Earl WintertonEdward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the...
(1883–1962) - The Lord ColwynFrederick Smith, 1st Baron ColwynFrederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn PC , known as Sir Frederick Smith, 1st Baronet, from 1912 to 1917, was a British businessman....
(1859–1946) - Ronald McNeillRonald McNeill, 1st Baron CushendunRonald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(1861–1934) - Henry Burton (1866–1935)
- Ramsay MacDonaldRamsay MacDonaldJames Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....
(1866–1937) - Philip SnowdenPhilip Snowden, 1st Viscount SnowdenPhilip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...
(1864–1937) - Stephen Walsh (1859–1929)
- The Lord OlivierSydney Olivier, 1st Baron OlivierSydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier, KCMG, CB, PC , was a British civil servant. A Fabian and a member of the Labour Party, he served as Governor of Jamaica and as Secretary of State for India in the first government of Ramsay MacDonald...
(1859–1943) - The Lord ThomsonChristopher Thomson, 1st Baron ThomsonChristopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson PC was a British Army officer who went on to serve as a Labour minister and peer...
(1875–1930) - Sidney Webb (1859–1947)
- John WheatleyJohn WheatleyJohn Wheatley was a Scottish socialist politician. He was a prominent figure of the Red Clydeside era.Wheatley was born in Bonmahon, County Waterford, Ireland, to Thomas and Johanna Wheatley. In 1876 the family moved to Braehead, Lanarkshire in Scotland...
(1869–1930) - Noel Buxton (1869–1948)
- Charles TrevelyanSir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd BaronetSir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet PC , the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland, was a British Liberal, and later Labour, politician and landowner...
(1870–1958) - Tom ShawTom Shaw (politician)Thomas "Tom" Shaw PC CBE was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.-Background and education:Born in Colne, Lancashire, he received elementary school education.-Trade union career:...
(1872–1938) - Vernon HartshornVernon HartshornVernon Hartshorn was a Welsh trades unionist and Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1918 until his death....
(1872–1931) - Frederick William JowettFrederick William JowettFrederick William 'Fred' Jowett was a British Labour politician.-Early life:Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Jowett received little formal education and at the age of eight was working at the local textile mill...
(1864–1944) - Frederick RobertsFrederick Roberts (politician)Frederick Owen Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Viscount Lewisham...
(1876–1941) - Josiah WedgwoodJosiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron WedgwoodColonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, DSO, PC, DL sometimes referred to as Josiah Wedgwood IV was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald...
(1872–1943) - The Lord Muir-MackenzieKenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir-MackenzieKenneth Augustus Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir Mackenzie GCB, PC, QC , was a British barrister, civil servant and Labour politician.-Background and education:...
(1845–1930) - Hon. Walter GuinnessWalter Guinness, 1st Baron MoyneWalter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne DSO & Bar PC was a Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the militant Jewish Zionist group Lehi...
(1880–1944) - Hon. Edward FitzRoyEdward FitzRoyCaptain Edward Algernon FitzRoy, DL was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death.FitzRoy was the second son of the 3rd Baron Southampton...
(1869–1943) - Sir George Lloyd (1879–1941)
- Sir James Agg-GardnerJames Agg-GardnerSir James Tynte Agg-Gardner JP was an English brewery-owner and Conservative Party politician from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire...
(1846–1928) - Sir Herbert NieldHerbert NieldSir Herbert Nield PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Ealing constituency at the 1906 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1931 general election.He was knighted in 1918 and later...
(1862–1932) - Wilfrid Ashley (1867–1938)
- Hugh MacmillanHugh Macmillan, Baron MacmillanHugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan GCVO PC was a Scottish judge.The son of the Revd Hugh Macmillan, he was educated at Collegiate School, Greenock, at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow...
(1873–1952) - T. P. O'ConnorT. P. O'ConnorThomas Power O'Connor , known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay, was a journalist, an Irish nationalist political figure, and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.-Biography:O'Connor was born in...
(1848–1929) - Sir Lancelot CarnegieLancelot CarnegieSir Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, GCVO, KCMG, PC , sometime British Minister and then Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Portugal in 1925, was the second son of the 9th Earl of Southesk, and the eldest son by his second marriage to Lady Susan Murray , eldest daughter of...
(1861–1933) - Lord Eustace PercyEustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of NewcastleEustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle PC , styled Lord Eustace Percy between 1899 and 1953, was a British diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant...
(1887–1958) - Sir Arthur Ramsay-Steel-Maitland, Bt (1876–1935)
- William Graham (1887–1932)
- Ben SpoorBen SpoorBenjamin Charles Spoor was a British Labour Party politician. He took a particular interest in India and in the Movement for Colonial Freedom....
(1878–1928) - Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, BtWilliam Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron SelsdonWilliam Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon KBE PC , known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a British politician....
(1877–1938)
1925
- The Marquess of LondonderryCharles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of LondonderryCharles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics...
(1878–1949) - Francis Alexander AnglinFrancis Alexander AnglinFrancis Alexander Anglin PC was Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of 9 children of Parliamentarian Timothy Anglin, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress, Margaret Anglin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of...
(1865–1933) - Prince HenryPrince Henry, Duke of GloucesterThe Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
(1900–1974) - Prince Albert, Duke of YorkGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
(1895–1952) - William Graham NicholsonWilliam Graham NicholsonWilliam Graham Nicholson PC, JP was a British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of William Nicholson JP DL, of Basing Park, Hampshire, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.He was Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel commanding...
(1862–1942) - Sir Charles Montague Lamb (1853–1930)
- Sir William MulockWilliam MulockSir William Mulock, PC, KCMG, MP, QC, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist....
(1844–1944) - George Perry GrahamGeorge Perry GrahamGeorge Perry Graham, PC was a journalist, editor and politician in Ontario, Canada.In the 1898 Ontario provincial election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and re-elected in 1902 and 1905...
(1859–1943) - Sir Ronald LindsayRonald LindsaySir Ronald Charles Lindsay , PC, CVO, GCB, KCMG, was a British civil servant and diplomat.He was born in 1877, the fifth son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, and educated at Winchester College....
(1877–1945) - Sir Beilby Francis Alston (1868–1929)
1926
- The Lord BledisloeCharles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe-External links:*...
(1867–1958) - Hon. Stanley JacksonStanley JacksonSir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ , known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...
(1870–1947) - George Lane-Fox (1870–1947)
- Gordon CoatesGordon CoatesJoseph Gordon Coates, MC and bar served as the 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928.- Early life :Born on the Hukatere Peninsula in Kaipara Harbour where his family ran a farm, Coates took on significant responsibility at a relatively early age because his father suffered from...
(1878–1943) - Sir Francis Bell (1851–1936)
- Sir John Edward Power Wallis (1861–1946)
- John GrettonJohn Gretton, 1st Baron GrettonJohn Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton PC CBE , was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.-Biography:...
(1867–1947) - Sir Halford Mackinder (1861–1947)
- The Earl of OnslowRichard Onslow, 5th Earl of OnslowRichard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...
(1876–1945) - The Lord ClintonCharles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron ClintonCharles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, GCVO, PC was a British peer.Trefusis was the eldest son of the 20th Baron Clinton and his wife, Harriet. On 1 June 1886, he married his third cousin Lady Jane McDonnell and they had two daughters:*Hon...
(1863–1957) - Sir Paul Ogden LawrencePaul Ogden LawrenceSir Paul Ogden Lawrence was an eminent barrister and judge. He was educated at Malvern College, Worcs. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1926. Sir Paul's sisters founded Roedean School....
(1861–1952) - Sir George ClerkGeorge Clerk (diplomat)Sir George Russell Clerk PC GCMG CB was a British diplomat and Privy Counsellor who ended his career as Ambassador to France from 1934 to 1937, after seven years as Ambassador to Turkey and one as Ambassador to Belgium...
(1874–1951) - Sir Lancelot SandersonLancelot SandersonSir Lancelot Sanderson KC was a British Conservative politician and judge.A barrister of the Inner Temple, he was appointed Recorder of Wigan in 1901 and took silk in 1903....
(1863–1944)
1927
- Hon. William Ormsby-GoreWilliam Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron HarlechWilliam George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech KG, GCMG, PC , known as William Ormsby-Gore until 1938, was a British Conservative politician and banker.-Background:...
(1885–1964) - Sir Leslie ScottLeslie Scott (UK politician)Sir Leslie Frederic Scott, KC, PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a senior judge....
(1869–1950) - Sir Malcolm RobertsonMalcolm RobertsonSir Malcolm Arnold Robertson, GCMG, KBE, PC, was the British Ambassador in Argentina from 1929 to 1932....
(1877–1951) - Hon. George Frederick StanleyGeorge Frederick StanleyLieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East...
(1872–1938) - The Earl BeattyDavid Beatty, 1st Earl BeattyAdmiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO was an admiral in the Royal Navy...
(1871–1936) - Sir Frederick GreerFrederick Greer, 1st Baron FairfieldFrederick Arthur Greer, 1st Baron Fairfield PC was a British lawyer and judge. Born to a merchant and his wife, Greer became a barrister and member of Gray's Inn, practicing in Liverpool. In 1910 he became a King's Counsel, and in 1919 a judge of the High Court of Justice...
(1863–1945)
1928
- Sir Kingsley WoodKingsley WoodSir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...
(1881–1943) - J. C. C. DavidsonJ. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount DavidsonJohn Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson GCVO CH, CB, PC , known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson, was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician, best known for his close alliance with Stanley Baldwin...
(1889–1970) - Sir John SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey GBE, KStJ, PC, KC was a prominent British lawyer, judge and Labour politician, famous for many of his judgments in the House of Lords...
(1866–1948) - Sir William Henry Solomon (1853–1930)
- Frank RussellFrank Russell, Baron Russell of KillowenFrank Xavier Joseph Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen PC, was a British judge and law lord.The son of the Lord Russell of Killowen, Russell was Lord Justice of Appeal in 1928 and 1929, and became a member of the Privy Council on 7 May 1928On 18 November 1929, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in...
(1867–1946) - Godfrey Locker-LampsonGodfrey Locker-LampsonGodfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson MP PC was a British Conservative politician, poet and essayist.-Birth and education:...
(1875–1946) - Sir Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay (1869–1929)
- The Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl GranvilleGranville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat.The eldest son of the 2nd Earl Granville, Leveson-Gower was educated at Eton and joined the diplomatic service in 1893 as an attaché to Berlin...
(1872–1939) - Sir William Tyrrell (1877–1954)
1929
- The Lord TomlinThomas Tomlin, Baron TomlinThomas James Chesshyre Tomlin, Baron Tomlin PC was a British judge.On 11 February 1929, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created additionally a life peer with the title Baron Tomlin, of Ash in the County of Kent. In the same year, Tomlin was sworn of the Privy Council.The Tomlin...
(1867–1935) - Sir George Rivers Lowndes (1862–1943)
- Sir Binod Chandra Mitra (1872–1930)
- Sir William TempleWilliam Temple (archbishop)William Temple was a priest in the Church of England. He served as Bishop of Manchester , Archbishop of York , and Archbishop of Canterbury ....
(1881–1944) - The Earl StanhopeJames Stanhope, 7th Earl StanhopeJames Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC , styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until 1967, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Stanhope was the eldest son of Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and...
(1880–1967) - Alexander Munro MacRobertAlexander Munro MacRobertAlexander Munro MacRobert KC was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician.Educated at Paisley Grammar School, Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow he became an advocate in 1897. He worked with the Admiralty in 1917-18 and as an Advocate Depute from 1919 to 1923. He was appointed...
(1873–1930) - The Lord Dawson of PennBertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of PennBertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, PC, FRCP was a physician to the British Royal Family and President of the Royal College of Physicians.-Early life and education:...
(1864–1945) - William Wedgwood BennWilliam Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount StansgateAir Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...
(1877–1960) - A. V. AlexanderA. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of HillsboroughAlbert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough KG, CH, PC was a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.-Background:Born in Weston-super-Mare and...
(1885–1965) - Arthur GreenwoodArthur GreenwoodArthur Greenwood CH was a prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s. He rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the short-lived Labour government of 1924...
(1880–1954) - George LansburyGeorge LansburyGeorge Lansbury was a British politician, socialist, Christian pacifist and newspaper editor. He was a Member of Parliament from 1910 to 1912 and from 1922 to 1940, and leader of the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935....
(1859–1940) - Margaret BondfieldMargaret BondfieldMargaret Grace Bondfield was an English Labour politician and feminist, the first woman Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom and one of the first three female Labour MPs...
(1873–1953) - John Waller HillsJohn Waller HillsJohn Waller Hills PC DCL was a British Conservative politician.The second son of Herbert Augustus and Anna Hills of High Head Castle, Cumberland, Hills was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford....
(1867–1938) - Viscount WolmerRoundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of SelborneRoundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, CH, PC was a British Conservative politician, known as Viscount Wolmer from 1895 to 1941....
(1887–1971) - Sir William Hume-WilliamsWilliam Hume-WilliamsSir William Ellis Hume-Williams, KBE, PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the January 1910 general election, Hume-Williams was elected as Member of Parliament for the Bassetlaw constituency in Nottinghamshire...
(1863–1947) - Herbert Spender-Clay (1875–1937)
- Earle PageEarle PageSir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...
(1880–1962) - Sir Henry SlesserHenry SlesserSir Henry Herman Slesser, KC was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a senior judge....
(1883–1979) - Craigie Aitchison (1882–1941)
- The Earl HoweFrancis Curzon, 5th Earl HoweFrancis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...
(1884–1964) - The Earl of PlymouthIvor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of PlymouthIvor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC was an English nobleman and Conservative politician....
(1889–1943) - Douglas HackingDouglas Hacking, 1st Baron HackingDouglas Hewitt Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking OBE, JP, PC was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Giggleswick School and Manchester University, he was commissioned in the East Lancashire Regiment in August 1914; served two years in France...
(1884–1950) - Henry Douglas King (1877–1930)
- Sir Francis Lowe, BtSir Francis Lowe, 1st BaronetSir Francis William Lowe, 1st Baronet PC was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Edgbaston at a by-election in February 1898, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1929 general election.He was made a Baronet in 1918, of Edgbaston in the City...
(1852–1929) - Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt (1888–1939)
- Sir Francis Oswald LindleyFrancis Oswald LindleySir Francis Oswald Lindley CB, CBE, PC, KCMG was a British diplomat, HM Consul-General in Russia, 1919, British High Commissioner in Vienna, 1919 to 1920, Ambassador to Austria, 1920 to 1921, Ambassador to Greece, 1922 to 1923, Minister in Oslo, 1923 to 1929; Ambassador to Portugal, 1929 to 1931,...
(1872–1950) - Sir Mark RomerMark Romer, Baron RomerMark Lemon Romer, Baron Romer PC was a British judge.Invested to the Privy Council in 1929, he was Lord Justice of Appeal from 1929 to 1938...
(1866–1944) - Sir Montague ShearmanMontague ShearmanSir Montague Shearman was an English judge and athlete. He is most notable as co-founder of the Amateur Athletics Association in 1880.-Early life:...
(1857–1930) - Sir John Meir AstburyJohn Meir AstburySir John Meir Astbury was a British judge and politician. Astbury was born at Grove House, Broughton near Manchester, the son of Frederick James Astbury and Margaret née Munn...
(1860–1939)
1930
- James ScullinJames ScullinJames Henry Scullin , Australian Labor politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Two days after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 occurred, marking the beginning of the Great Depression and subsequent Great Depression in Australia.-Early life:Scullin was...
(1876–1953) - The Viscount GoschenGeorge Goschen, 2nd Viscount GoschenGeorge Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen GCSI GCIE CBE VD PC was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1906 and as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929....
(1866–1952) - James Brown (1862–1939)
- Sir William Augustus Forbes Erskine (1871–1952)
- The Lord AmulreeWilliam Mackenzie, 1st Baron AmulreeWilliam Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree GCB, KBE, PC, KC , known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and Labour, later National Labour, politician...
(1860–1942) - R. B. Bennett (1870–1947)
- George William ForbesGeorge William ForbesGeorge William Forbes served as the 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Few expected him to become Prime Minister when he did, and some believed him unsuitable, but he nevertheless remained in that office for five years...
(1869–1947) - Sir Richard SquiresRichard SquiresSir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.-Early career:...
(1880–1940) - Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla (1868–1934)
- Jacob de Villiers (1868–1932)
1931
- Tom KennedyTom Kennedy (UK politician)Thomas Kennedy PC was a Scottish Labour politician.Kennedy was born in Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, and became a railway clerk. He joined the Social Democratic Federation and soon became its organiser for Aberdeen, standing for Parliament in Aberdeen North in 1906 and January 1910...
(1876–1954) - Herbert MorrisonHerbert MorrisonHerbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC was a British Labour politician; he held a various number of senior positions in the Cabinet, including Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Morrison was the son of a police constable and was born in...
(1888–1965) - Sir Georges Halsey Perley (1857–1938)
- Hastings Lees-SmithHastings Lees-SmithHastings Bertrand Lees-Smith PC was a British Labour politician who was briefly in the cabinet as President of the Board of Education in 1931...
(1878–1941) - The Earl of ClarendonGeorge Villiers, 6th Earl of ClarendonGeorge Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG, PC , known as Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician...
(1877–1955) - The Earl of BessboroughVere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of BessboroughCaptain Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough was a British businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 14th since Canadian Confederation....
(1880–1956) - The Earl of WillingdonFreeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonMajor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...
(1866–1941) - Thomas JohnstonThomas JohnstonThomas "Tom" Johnston CH was a prominent Scottish socialist and politician of the early 20th century, a member of the Labour Party, a Member of Parliament and government minister – usually with Cabinet responsibility for Scottish affairs.-Red Clydesider:Johnston, the son of a middle-class...
(1882–1965) - The Earl of AthloneAlexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of AthloneMajor-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...
(1874–1957) - Sir William Jowitt (1885–1957)
- Sir Archibald Sinclair, BtArchibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount ThursoArchibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso KT, CMG, PC , known as Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party....
(1890–1970) - Sir Henry Betterton, BtHenry Betterton, 1st Baron RushcliffeHenry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe GBE, PC , known as Sir Henry Betterton, Bt, between 1929 and 1935, was a British barrister and Conservative politician...
(1872–1949) - Sir Michael MyersMichael Myers (judge)Sir Michael Myers, GCMG, KC, PC, was the sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand from 1929 to 1946 and served occasionally as Administrator of New Zealand from 1930 to 1941. He was the first person of Jewish descent to hold this position...
(1873–1950)
1932
- Walter Elliot (1888–1958)
- Sir Thomas InskipThomas Inskip, 1st Viscount CaldecoteThomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote CBE, PC, KC was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940...
(1876–1947) - Sir Clive WigramClive Wigram, 1st Baron WigramClive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram GCB, GCVO, CSI, PC , was a British soldier and court official. He was Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1931 to 1936....
(1873–1960) - The Lord WrightRobert Wright, Baron WrightRobert Alderson Wright, Baron Wright, GCMG, PC was a British judge.On 11 April 1932, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created additionally a life peer with the title Baron Wright, of Durley in the County of Wiltshire, however resgined as Lord of Appeal already in 1935...
(1869–1964) - Sir Sidney RowlattSidney RowlattSir Sidney Arthur Taylor Rowlatt KC KCSI PC was an English lawyer and judge, best remembered for his controversial presidency of the Rowlatt committee, a sedition committee appointed in 1918 by the British Indian Government to evaluate the links between political terrorism in India, especially...
(1862–1945) - Joseph LyonsJoseph LyonsJoseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
(1879–1939) - Sir Frank Gavan DuffyFrank Gavan DuffySir Frank Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC, QC , Australian judge, was the fourth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1913 to 1935.-Early life:...
(1852–1936) - The Lord StanmoreGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron StanmoreGeorge Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore PC, KCVO, KJStJ , was a British Liberal politician.Stanmore was the only son of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, youngest son of Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Rachel Emily, daughter of...
(1871–1957) - Sir Horace AvoryHorace AvorySir Horace Edmund Avory was an English criminal lawyer, jurist and Privy Counsellor.-Biography:He was the son of Henry Avory, clerk of the Central Criminal Court. He was educated at King's College London, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was captain of boats and took the degree of...
(1851–1935) - Sir Godfrey CollinsGodfrey CollinsSir Godfrey Pattison Collins KBE, CMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893...
(1875–1936)
1933
- John Latham (1877–1964)
- David MargessonDavid Margesson, 1st Viscount MargessonHenry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...
(1890–1965) - Sir Dennis HerbertDennis Herbert, 1st Baron HemingfordDennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford KBE PC , was a British Conservative politician.Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Watford at the 1918 general election, a...
(1869–1947) - Sir Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels (1862–1936)
- Sir Eric Drummond (1876–1951)
- Sir Eric PhippsEric PhippsSir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat.-Family and early life:Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife Maria Jane...
(1875–1945) - Wilfrid NormandWilfrid Normand, Baron NormandWilfrid Guild Normand, Baron Normand, KC, PC , was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, Oriel College, Oxford, Paris University and Edinburgh University, he was admitted as an advocate in 1910. He served in the Royal Engineers from 1915 to 1918...
(1884–1962) - Sir Boyd MerrimanBoyd Merriman, 1st Baron MerrimanFrank Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman PC, KC, OBE, GCVO , often known as Boyd Merriman, was a Conservative Party politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Education:...
(1880–1962) - Sir Percy Loraine, BtSir Percy Loraine, 12th BaronetSir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet, KCMG, PC was a British diplomat.Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, Loraine fought in the Second Boer War in Southern Africa. In 1904, he joined the foreign service. He first served in the Middle East, at the British missions in Istanbul and Tehran,...
(1880–1961)
1934
- The Aga KhanAga Khan IIISir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. He was nominated to represent India to...
(1877–1957) - Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875–1949)
- Lord Stanley (1894–1938)
- Sir Frederic MaughamFrederic Maugham, 1st Viscount MaughamFrederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham PC, KC was a British lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor from 1938 until 1939 despite having virtually no political career at all....
(1866–1958) - Sir Shadi Lal (1874–1945)
- Sir Robert CliveRobert Clive (diplomat)Sir Robert Henry Clive GCMG, PC , was a British diplomat.-Early life:Clive was the son of Charles Meysey Bolton Clive and the great-grandson of Edward Clive. His mother was Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia, daughter of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh. He was educated at Haileybury College...
(1877–1948) - Anthony EdenAnthony EdenRobert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...
(1897–1977) - Hon. Oliver StanleyOliver StanleyOliver Frederick George Stanley MC, PC was a prominent British Conservative politician who held many ministerial posts before his early death when it was expected he would soon assume higher office....
(1896–1950) - Sir Alexander RocheAlexander Roche, Baron RocheAlexander Adair Roche, Baron Roche PC , known under his second surname, was a British barrister and law lord.-Background:He was the second son of William Brock Roche and his wife Mary Fraser, daughter of William Fraser...
(1871–1956)
1935
- Sir George Claus Rankin (1877–1946)
- Douglas Jamieson (1880–1952)
- The Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE, OBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943.-Early life and family:...
(1887–1952) - Clement AttleeClement AttleeClement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...
(1883–1967) - Leslie Hore-BelishaLeslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-BelishaIsaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha PC was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party...
(1894–1957) - Robert Bourne (1888–1938)
- Malcolm MacDonaldMalcolm MacDonaldMalcolm John MacDonald OM, PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Background:MacDonald was the son of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald. Like his father he was born in Lossiemouth, Moray...
(1901–1981) - Ernest BrownErnest BrownAlfred Ernest Brown CH was a British politician who served as leader of the Liberal Nationals from 1940 until 1945.-Biography:...
(1881–1962) - Sir Wilfrid GreeneWilfred Greene, 1st Baron GreeneWilfred Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene MC, OBE, KC, PC was a British lawyer and judge.-Education and Military Service:...
(1883–1952) - Thomas CooperThomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of CulrossThomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross PC, KC was a Scottish politician, judge and historian.-Background and education:...
(1892–1955) - Duff Cooper (1890–1954)