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Kingsley Wood

Sir Howard Kingsley Wood (19 August 1891 - 21 September 1943) was a Conservative British politician. He was first elected to office as member of the London City Council in 1911, and was elected to parliament in 1918. He entered the National Government of Ramsay MacDonald in 1931, and served as Postmaster General, Minister of Health, Secretary of State for Air, and finally as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Winston Churchill, before dying unexpectedly in office in 1943.


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Sir Edward Hilton Young | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Minister of Health
1935–1938 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Walter Elliot

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The Viscount Swinton | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Secretary of State for Air
1938–1940 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Sir Samuel Hoare

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Sir Samuel Hoare | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Lord Privy Seal
1940 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Clement Attlee

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Sir John Simon | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Chancellor of the Exchequer
1940–1943 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Sir John Anderson

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