Andrew Rae Duncan

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Sir Andrew Rae Duncan PC (* 3. June 1884 , † the 30th March 1952 ) was a British business leaders and politicians of the Conservative Party , the 1940-1950 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) and during the Second World War, both Commerce Minister (President of the Board of Trade ) and Minister of Supply .

Life

Duncan initially worked as a manager and, among other things, was director of the Bank of England and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). As early as February 11, 1921, at the age of 36, he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree and since then has had the addition of "Sir". In 1927 he became chairman of the Central Electricity Board , which was created on the basis of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 . Subsequently, he was from 1935 to 1945 chairman of the umbrella organization of the iron and steel industry (British Iron and Steel Federation) , where the later MP and Minister Aubrey Jones was his assistant. On 9 January 1940 he became a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) .

In a by -election , Duncan was elected to the Conservative Party in the City of London constituency on February 5, 1940 as a member of the House of Commons and was a member of this until February 23, 1950. On May 10, 1940, he took over in the wartime government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the first time as Minister of Commerce (President of the Board of Trade ) and held this office until October 3, 1940. Then he acted after a cabinet reshuffle from October 3, 1940 to on June 29, 1941 for the first time as Minister of Supply . Then he was again Minister of Commerce between June 29, 1941 and February 4, 1942, before he was again Minister for Supply after another government reshuffle on February 4, 1942. He also held this ministerial office in Churchill's interim government between May 23 and July 26, 1945.

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SURNAME Duncan, Andrew Rae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1884
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1952