Sir John Anderson

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British politician civil servant human peer

Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → civil servant → human → peer →
awardReceived	Order of St Michael and St George → Order of the Bath → Order of the Indian Empire →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1882-07-08 →
dateOfDeath	1958-01-04 →
educatedAt	George Watson's College → University of Edinburgh → University of Leipzig →
employer	British Government →
familyName	Anderson →
fieldOfWork	civil defence → public administration →
givenName	John →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom → House of Lords →
name	John Anderson →
nobleTitle	Viscount Waverley →
notableFor	administrative and security role in Winston Churchill's wartime government → role in British civil defence during World War II →
notableWork	Anderson shelter →
occupation	civil servant → politician →
parliamentaryGroup	National Government → National Labour →
participantIn	World War II →
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster → Governor of Bengal → Home Secretary → Lord President of the Council → Lord Privy Seal → Member of Parliament → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonial Office → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department →
sexOrGender	male →
title	1st Viscount Waverley →
workedFor	Winston Churchill →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chief Secretary for Ireland →	hasNotableOfficeHolder
Chamberlain government →	homeSecretary
Churchill government →	keyPerson