The Right Honourable
The Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byHugh Dalton
Succeeded byThe Viscount Swinton
Minister of Defence
In office
20 December 1946 – 28 February 1950
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byManny Shinwell
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
3 August 1945 – 4 October 1946
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byBrendan Bracken
Succeeded byGeorge Hall
In office
11 May 1940 – 25 May 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byWinston Churchill
Succeeded byBrendan Bracken
In office
7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byWilliam Bridgeman
Succeeded bySir Austen Chamberlain
Personal details
Born(1885-05-01)1 May 1885
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died11 January 1965(1965-01-11)(aged 79)
London, England
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Spouse(s)
Esther Chapple
(m. 1908)