Albert Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough PC (born May 1, 1885 in Weston-super-Mare , Somerset , † January 11, 1965 in London , United Kingdom ) was a British Labor Party politician and British Defense Minister .
Life
From 1922 to 1931 and 1935 to 1950 he was a Labor MP in the House of Commons for the Sheffield constituency . In 1929 he was accepted into the Privy Council . He held the office of First Lord of the Admiralty three times (1929-1931, 1940-1945 and 1945-1946) and in 1941 was awarded the Order of the Companions of Honor . In the government of Clement Attlee in 1946 he was Minister without Portfolio and from 1947 to 1950 Minister of Defense . 1950 to 1951 he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster .
He was raised to the hereditary nobility on January 27, 1950 as Viscount Alexander of Hillborough , of Hillsborough in the City of Sheffield , and thereby received a hereditary seat in the House of Lords . On January 30, 1963, he was also the title of Earl Alexander of Hillsborough and Baron Weston-super-Mare , of Weston-super-Mare in the County of Somerset , bestowed. In 1964 he was accepted as a knight in the Order of the Garter . Since he did not leave a son, his title of nobility expired with his death in 1965.
In his honor, this is Cape Alexander named in Antarctica.
Web links
- National Portrait Gallery - Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885-1965)
- Alexander of Hillsborough, Earl (UK, 1963-1965) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Newspaper article about Albert Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ England "Aristocratically Disgusted" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 1 , 1950 ( online - Jan. 5, 1950 ).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 38824, HMSO, London, January 27, 1950, p. 473 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 42909, HMSO, London, February 1, 1963, p. 979 ( PDF , English).
Minister of Defense (1940–1964): Winston Churchill | Clement Attlee | A. V. Alexander | Emanuel Shinwell | Winston Churchill | Harold Alexander | Harold Macmillan | Selwyn Lloyd | Walter Monckton | Antony Head | Duncan Sandys | Harold Watkinson | Peter Thorneycroft
Secretary of State of Defense (since 1964): Peter Thorneycroft | Denis Healey | Peter Carington | Ian Gilmour | Roy Mason | Frederick Mulley | Francis Pym | John Nott | Michael Heseltine | George Younger | Tom King | Malcolm Rifkind | Michael Portillo | George Robertson | Geoff Hoon | John Reid | Des Browne | John Hutton | Bob Ainsworth | Liam Fox | Philip Hammond | Michael Fallon | Gavin Williamson | Penny Mordaunt
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Earl Alexander of Hillsborough 1963-1965 |
Title expired |
| New title created |
Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough 1950-1965 |
Title expired |
| William Bridgeman |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1929–1931 |
Austen Chamberlain |
| Winston Churchill | First Lord of the Admiralty 1940–1945 |
Brendan Bracken |
| Brendan Bracken | First Lord of the Admiralty 1945–1946 |
George Henry Hall |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexander, Albert, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alexander, AV; Alexander, Albert Victor; 1. Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Secretary of Defense (1946-1950) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weston-super-Mare , Somerset |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1965 |
| Place of death | London , UK |