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Margesson, Henry David R., 1st Viscount Margesson

Date of birth:
July 26th, 1890
Date of death:
December 24th, 1965
Nationality:
British

Biography

Military career:
13 November 1914: Second Lieutenant
?: Lieutenant
?: Captain

Political career during the Second World War:
22 December 1940 – 22 February 1942: Secretary of State for War, War Cabinet

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1942
Granted the title of "Viscount Margesson, of Rugby, in the County of Warwick."
Peerage of the United Kingdom

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