David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson

Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson , PC (born July 26, 1890 - † December 24, 1965 ) was a British Conservative Party politician and Minister of War from 1940 to 1942 .

Life

He was from 1922 to 1923 for the Upton constituency , from 1924 to 1942 for the Rugby constituency in the House of Commons .

From November 10, 1931, he headed the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under various Prime Ministers as Government Chief Whip until December 22, 1940. In the cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill Margesson served as British Minister of War during the Second World War from December 22, 1940 until February 22, 1942.

In 1942 he was given the hereditary title Viscount Margesson , of Rugby in the County of Warwick in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . A hereditary seat in the House of Lords was associated with the title . When he died in 1965, he bequeathed the title to his son Francis Margesson, 2nd Viscount Margesson .

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Cameron Hazlehurst, Sally Whitehead: A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900–1964 , pp. 258ff ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Tom Kennedy (1874-1954)	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (UK) 1931-1940	Charles Edwards (1867-1954)
Anthony Eden	Secretary of State for War (United Kingdom) 1940–1942	Percy James Grigg
New title created	Viscount Margesson 1942-1965	Francis Margesson

personal data
SURNAME	Margesson, David, 1st Viscount Margesson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Margesson, Henry David Reginald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician (Conservative Party), member of the House of Commons and Secretary of War (1940–1942)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1890
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1965

[1] Cameron Hazlehurst, Sally Whitehead: A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900–1964 , pp. 258ff ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).