Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter
British politician and academic (1881–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the MP and Judge, see Arthur Salter (judge).
James Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter, GBE, KCB, PC (15 March 1881 – 27 June 1975) was a British civil servant, politician, and academic who was a significant politician behind the concept of European political union, often in conjunction with his close friend and colleague Jean Monnet.
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The Lord Salter | |
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Minister of Materials | |
In office 24 November 1952 – 1 September 1953 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | The Viscount Swinton |
Succeeded by | The Lord Woolton |
Minister for Economic Affairs | |
In office 26 October 1951 – 24 November 1952 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Hugh Gaitskell |
Succeeded by | George Brown (Sec. of State) |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Ernest Brown |
Succeeded by | John Hynd |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport | |
In office 29 June 1941 – 23 May 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | John Llewellin |
Succeeded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping | |
In office 13 November 1939 – 29 June 1941 | |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Leslie Wilson (1919) |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 12 November 1953 – 27 June 1975 Hereditary peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Ormskirk | |
In office 5 April 1951 – 12 November 1953 | |
Preceded by | Ronald Cross |
Succeeded by | Douglas Glover |
Member of Parliament for Oxford University | |
In office 27 February 1937 – 23 February 1950 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Cecil |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | James Arthur Salter 15 March 1881 |
Died | 27 June 1975 (aged 94) |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
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