James, 7th earl of Stanhope (1880-1967; WWW), owner of Chevening House, Kent; Conservative peer from 1905; major, Royal West Regt, 1909-14, war service in Grenadier Guards; junior office in coalition government, 1918-19; civil lord, Admiralty, 1924-29; undersecretary, war office, 1931-4, and foreign office, 1934-6; first commissioner of works, 1936-7; president, board of education, 1937-8, first lord of the Admiralty, 1938-9; lord president of the council, 1939-40; 13th earl of Chesterfield, 1952

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• 10 Mar 1912