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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Name: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Government / National. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1935–1940Date range

3Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1935

Alfred Duff Cooper Norwich, 1st1935

Government / National Government

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood Halifax, 3rd1935

Government / National Government

Appointed Secretary for War

1940

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1stMay 1940

Government / National Coalition

Appointed Secretary for War, May-December

Names involved

Alfred Duff Cooper Norwich, 1stEdward Frederick Lindley Wood Halifax, 3rdRobert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st

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