Reith, John Charles Walsham, 1st Baron Reith

Date of birth:: July 20th, 1889 (Stonehaven/Kincardineshire, Scotland)
Date of death:: June 16th, 1971 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Nationality:: British

Biography

Political career during the Second World War:
1940: Minister of Information
1940: Minister of Transport
1940: First Commissioner of Works
1940: Minister of Works and Planning
1940-1942: Minister of Works & Buildings and First Commissioner of Works

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Knight Bachelor

Rank:: Managing Director
Unit:: British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1927

Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE, Civil Division)

Rank:: Director-General
Unit:: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Awarded on:: June 4th, 1934

Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1939

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 21st, 1940

Baron Reith, of Stonehaven in the County of Kincardine.

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Temporary Captain
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1945

Efficiency Medal / Territorial Decoration

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 22nd, 1947

Order of the Thistle

Rank:: Rector of the University of Glasgow
Awarded on:: February 18th, 1969

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