A. V. Alexander

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A. V. Alexander was a British Labour politician who served as a prominent wartime civilian head of the Royal Navy and later held senior government and ceremonial posts, including Minister of Defence and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
First Lord of the Admiralty
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
Labour Party politician
Minister of Defence
human
awardReceived Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Bath
Order of the Companions of Honour
Privy Council membership
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
employer Colonial government of Trinidad and Tobago
Government of the United Kingdom
familyName Alexander
fieldOfWork colonial administration
defence policy
naval administration
politics
givenName Albert
hasOccupation civil servant
colonial administrator
politician
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
militaryBranch Royal Navy
notableRole Governor of Trinidad and Tobago in the 1950s
post-war Minister of Defence
senior minister in British wartime coalition government
wartime civilian head of the Royal Navy
notableWork civilian leadership of the Royal Navy during the Second World War
positionHeld Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Civilian head of the Royal Navy
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
First Lord of the Admiralty
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Lord of the Admiralty
Lord-in-waiting
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Lords
Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
Privy Counsellor (United Kingdom)
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
workLocation London

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
First Lord of the Admiralty
officeHeldBy

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