Secretary of State for Air

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British government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Air was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the Royal Air Force and air policy, particularly during the early and mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Secretary of State for Air canonical 16
Air Ministry 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ministerial office ⓘ
abolishedAsPartOf creation of unified Ministry of Defence ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateAbolished 1964-04-01 ⓘ
dateCreated 1919-01-10 ⓘ
endTime 1964 ⓘ
fieldOfWork air defence ⓘ
defence policy ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
hasFirstHolder Winston Churchill ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ⓘ
Royal Auxiliary Air Force ⓘ
hasNotableOfficeHolder Archibald Sinclair ⓘ
Harold Macmillan ⓘ
Julian Amery ⓘ
Lord Trenchard ⓘ
Sir Samuel Hoare ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
hasResponsibility Air Ministry ⓘ
British air policy ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
inceptionContext post–First World War reorganisation of British armed forces ⓘ
isDistinctFrom First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Air Council ⓘ
mergedInto War Office ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence
nominatedBy Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
officeLocation Air Ministry ⓘ
partOf British Cabinet ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
precededBy President of the Air Council ⓘ
replacedBy Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
reportsTo British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
scope RAF personnel policy ⓘ
administration of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
air force budgeting and procurement ⓘ
strategic air policy ⓘ
seat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
startTime 1919 ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Cold War ⓘ
First World War aftermath ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winston Churchill → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Winston → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
Observer Corps → parentOrganisation → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Ministry
Secretary of State for Defence → precededByOffice → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Julian Amery → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Air Council → hasMember → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Sir Kingsley Wood → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingsley Wood
President of the Air Council → replacedBy → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
President of the Air Council → officeHeldBy → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Sir Samuel Hoare → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
Archibald Sinclair → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Viscount Templewood → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
1st Viscount Templewood → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
1st Viscount Thurso → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Earl Stanhope → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope
William Wedgwood Benn → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Air ⓘ