English politician, 7th Earl Stanhope. He was born into a long serving political family and entered the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party when his father died in 1905. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office between 1916 and 1919 and was Civil Lord of the Admiralty under Stanley Baldwin from 1924 until 1929. He was Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in Ramsey MacDonald's National Government in 1931 and also Under-Secretary of State for War between 1931 and 1934. His obtained his first cabinet post in 1936 when Stanley Baldwin made him First Commissioner of Works, he became president of the Board of Education and Leader of the House of Lords two years later. Also in 1938 he was made First Lord of the Admiralty, being succeeded in this post by Winston Churchill at the outbreak of World War I. He remained as Leader of the House of Lords until 1940 and last spoke there in 1960. He was the last Lord Stanhope and on his death left his country seat, Chevening, to the nation.
English politician, 7th Earl Stanhope. He was born into a long serving political family and entered the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party when his father died in 1905. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office between 1916 and 1919 and was Civil Lord of the Admiralty under Stanley Baldwin from 1924 until 1929. He was Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in Ramsey MacDonald's National Government in 1931 and also Under-Secretary of State for War between 1931 and 1934. His obtained his first cabinet post in 1936 when Stanley Baldwin made him First Commissioner of Works, he became president of the Board of Education and Leader of the House of Lords two years later. Also in 1938 he was made First Lord of the Admiralty, being succeeded in this post by Winston Churchill at the outbreak of World War I. He remained as Leader of the House of Lords until 1940 and last spoke there in 1960. He was the last Lord Stanhope and on his death left his country seat, Chevening, to the nation.
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