Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton

E224924

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, was a prominent British Conservative politician and peer who held several high offices of state in the early to mid-20th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party (UK) politician
Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
human
peer
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Companion of Honour

Companion of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1884-05-01
dateOfDeath 1972-07-27
educatedAt New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Winchester College
familyName Cunliffe-Lister
givenName Philip
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
nobleTitle Baron Masham
Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton self-linksurface differs
surface form: Viscount Swinton
notableWork role in British civil aviation policy
role in British colonial administration
role in wartime air policy
occupation barrister
politician
parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
placeOfBirth Swinton Park
Yorkshire
placeOfDeath North Yorkshire
Swinton Park
positionHeld Chairman of the Commonwealth Economic Committee
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Civil Aviation
Minister of Town and Country Planning
Minister without Portfolio
President of the Board of Trade
Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for the Colonies
residence Swinton Park
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Constance Boynton

Referenced by (2)

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

Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire officeHeldBy Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton nobleTitle Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Viscount Swinton