Leslie Hore-Belisha

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Leslie Hore-Belisha was a British Liberal and later National Government politician best known as Minister of Transport in the 1930s, where he introduced major road safety reforms including the 30 mph speed limit and the Belisha beacon.

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Baron Hore-Belisha 3
Leslie Hore-Belisha canonical 2
Hore-Belisha 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
government minister
human
birthDate 1893-09-07
conflict World War I
constituencyRepresented Devonport
surface form: Plymouth Devonport
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdPeerage Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha
deathDate 1957-02-16
educatedAt Clifton College
Sciences Po
surface form: Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po)

St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED
era World War II era
interwar period
familyName Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hore-Belisha
fullName Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha
givenName Isaac
Leslie
honorificTitle Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha
houseOfLordsMembership life peer
implementedPolicy Road Traffic Act 1934 (United Kingdom)
introduced 30 mph urban speed limit in the UK
Belisha beacon
knownFor introduction of 30 mph speed limit in built-up areas in the United Kingdom
introduction of Belisha beacons at pedestrian crossings
road safety reforms in the 1930s
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
National Government (United Kingdom)
surface form: National Government (UK) coalition

National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
surface form: National Liberal Party (UK)
militaryRank officer
nationality British
nobleTitle Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha
occupation politician
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Reims
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Transport of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for War
profession barrister
religion Judaism
termEnd as Minister of Transport: 1937
as Secretary of State for War: 1940
termStart as Minister of Transport: 1934
as Secretary of State for War: 1937
workedUnder Neville Chamberlain
surface form: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Ramsay MacDonald
surface form: Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald

Stanley Baldwin
surface form: Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin

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National Labour Organisation hasMember Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha fullName Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha familyName Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha honorificTitle Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha nobleTitle Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha createdPeerage Leslie Hore-Belisha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baron Hore-Belisha