William Whiteley (politician)
William Whiteley , CH , PC (* 3. October 1882 , † 3. November 1955 ) was a British politician of the Labor Party , among others, from 1922 to 1931 and again from 1935 to 1955 member of the House ( House of Commons ) was.
Life
Whiteley was the candidate of the Labor Party in the elections of 15 November 1922 for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented in this until 27 October 1931, the constituency Blaydon . During his membership in parliament he was for some time in 1927 Parliamentary Director ( Whip ) of the opposition faction of the Labor Party in the lower house. During the second government off the list of British Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald , he served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury between 1929 and 1931 .
In the election of November 14, 1935 , Whiteley was re-elected to the Labor Party in the Blaydon constituency as a member of the House of Commons, to which he now remained for almost another twenty years until his death on November 3, 1955. In the wartime government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill , he initially acted from May 17, 1940 to March 12, 1942 as one of the controllers of the Royal Household (Comptroller of the Royal Household) . He then replaced his fellow party member Charles Edwards as First Parliamentary Secretary (Chief Whip) of the Labor Party in the lower house and at the same time as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury . On 13 January 1943, he was also a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) . He held the office of Parliamentary State Secretary in the Treasury in Churchill's wartime government until May 23, 1945 and then held this position in Prime Minister Clement Attlee's cabinet from July 27, 1945 to October 27, 1951 . The office of Chief Whip of the Labor Party, however, he exercised until his death on November 4, 1955, after which Herbert Bowden was his successor. On June 10, 1948 he was awarded the Order of the Companions of Honor (CH).
Web links
- William Whiteley (politician) at Hansard (English)
- PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1915-1968 in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- COMPANIONS OF HONOR in Leigh Rayment Peerage
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| SURNAME | Whiteley, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1882 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1955 |