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  John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anderson was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Leipzig.
Following the unexpected death of Sir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Anderson was appointed to that office, in which he served until the Labour victory in the general election of 1945.
Anderson was in charge of preparing air-raid precautions immediately prior to the outbreak of World War II.
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 Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anderson is a Scandinavian and Scottish surname meaning "son of Anders/Andrew".
The Anderson turn is a maneuver used to bring a ship or boat back to a point it previously passed through.
Anderson crater on the Moon, a formation with the eponym John August Anderson.
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After the outbreak of war in 1939, Anderson returned to the Home Office as Secretary, a position in which he served until he entered Winston Churchill's War Cabinet as Lord President in October 1940, succeeding Chamberlain.
The University Constituencies were abolished atthe 1950 general election, and so Anderson left the Commons.
He turned down an offer to join Churchill's peactime administration that was formed in 1951, but was created Viscount Waverley of Westdean in 1952, dying six years later.
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 John Amery - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Amery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John Amery (March 14, 1912–December 19, 1945) was a British anti-Communist who proposed to Hitler the forming of a British volunteer force (what became the British Free Corps), made recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany.
John Amery was the son of Conservative Member of Parliament and cabinet minister Leo Amery.
It is quite possible that John Amery never knew of his Jewish heritage.
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 John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
His career in the civil service was capped by a posting as Governor of (A region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India) Bengal from 1932 to 1937.
In early 1938, Anderson was elected to the (The lower house of the British parliament) House of Commons as a National MP, a nominal non-party supporter of the (Click link for more info and facts about National Government) National Government, for the (Click link for more info and facts about Scottish Universities) Scottish Universities.
He initiated the development of a kind of (A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids) air-raid shelter and, in return, it was named as an "Anderson shelter".
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 John Anderson (UK politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Anderson was born in Edinburgh andstudied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Leipzig.
After the outbreakof war in 1939, Anderson returned to the Home Office as Secretary, a position in which heserved until he entered Winston Churchill 's War Cabinet as LordPresident in October 1940, succeeding Chamberlain.
Following the unexpected death ofSir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Anderson was appointed to that office, in which he served untilthe Labour victory in the general election of 1945.
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 Viscount Waverley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscount Waverley is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1952 for John Anderson, a distinguished politician whose served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
John Desmond Forbes Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (b.
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 Overview of Sir John Anderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Born at Eskbank by Dalkeith (Midlothian), and educated at the University of Edinburgh and in Leipzig.
Anderson was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue (1919) and Governor of Bengal (1932).
He was knighted in 1919, awarded the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 1944 and raised to the peerage in 1952.
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 John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley of Westdean (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a British statesman.
He turned down an offer to join Churchill's peacetime administration that was formed in 1951, but was created Viscount Waverley of Westdean in 1952, dying six years later.
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 Juan Anderson, 1r Vizconde Waverley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Anderson fue llevada en Edimburgo y estudiada en las universidades Edimburgo y Leipzig del. Él incorporó la función pública británica a 1905, ensamblando la oficina colonial.
Después del brote de guerra en 1939, Anderson volvió al Ministerio del Interior como secretaria, una posición en la cual él desempen'ó servicios hasta que él entró en el gabinete de la guerra de Winston Churchill como señor presidente en octubre de 1940, teniendo éxito a Chamberlain.
Suprimieron a los distritos electorales de la universidad en 1950 la elección general, y tan Anderson a la izquierda los campos comunes.
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 Information on Winston Churchill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The major influences on his historical thought, and his prose style, were Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 's history of the English Civil War, Edward Gibbon 's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay 's History of England.
Sir John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis succeeds Churchill as Minister of Defence.
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 Hugh Dalton Online Research :: Information about Hugh Dalton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton, generally known as Hugh Dalton (1887 - 1962) was a British Labour Party politician, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947.
Although a Labour politician Dalton was a strong supporter of Churchill during the crisis of May 1940, when Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and other Conservative supporters of Appeasement in the War Cabinet urged a compromise peace.
After the Labour victory in the 1945 General Election, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer and nationalised the Bank of England in 1946.
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 Category:Lord Presidents of the Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
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 Winston Churchill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Winston's politician father, [[Lord Randolph Churchill]], was the third son of the [[John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough7th Duke of Marlborough]]; Winston's mother was Lady Randolph Churchill (née [[Jennie Jerome]]), daughter of American millionaire [[Leonard Jerome]].
Churchill lost his Manchester seat to the Conservative [[William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount BrentfordWilliam Joynson-Hicks]] but was soon elected in another by-election at [[Dundee]].
The major influences on his historical thought, and his prose style, were [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonClarendon]]'s history of the [[English Civil War]], [[Edward GibbonGibbon]]'s ''[[The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]'' and [[Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayMacaulay]]'s ''History of England''.
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 Scott, Walter
His first works were translations of German ballads and collections of Scottish ballads, which he followed with narrative poems of his own, such as The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810).
He gained a European reputation for his historical novels such as Waverley (1814), Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818), and Ivanhoe (1819), all published anonymously.
His last years were marked by frantic writing to pay off his debts, after the bankruptcy of the printing and publishing business of which he was a partner.
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 Neville Chamberlain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The press baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron BeaverbrookLord Beaverbrook launched a campaign for "Empire Free Trade," meaning the removal of tariffs within the British Empire and the erection of external tariffs; he was supported in his opposition to Baldwin by Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount RothermereLord Rothermere, who also opposed Baldwin's support for Indian independence.
However, on the suggestion of Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount HailshamLord Hailsham, the government agreed to suspend the principle of collective responsibility and allow the free traders to publicly oppose the introduction of tariffs without giving up membership in the government.
The Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentHome Secretary, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount TemplewoodSir Samuel Hoare, proposed a radical reform of the criminal justice system, including the abolition of flogging, which was also put on hold.
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 Waverley, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
He organized civil defence for World War II, becoming home secretary and minister for home security in 1939.
Anderson shelters, home outdoor air-raid shelters, were named after him.
He was made a KCB in 1919, and Viscount in 1952.
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 Viscount
1958 Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75
1886 John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/fieldmarshal of Palestine
1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
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 John Alton - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Alton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John Alton - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Alton.
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Cinematographer John Alton (1901-1996) photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period.
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 Rodin's Thoughts, June 2003
John (becoming very serious): "he had been wrong about so many things: India for example, and he was wrong on finance, and wrong on Gallipoli.
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He was, too, astonishingly fertile in ideas; some were hopeless, of course, but something came out of others.
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 The National Archives | Search the archives | National Register of Archives | Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley: corresp and papers as governor of Bengal
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 WetCanvas! - Anderson Bridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
This is Anderson Bridge, one of the bridges at Singapore River....
Sir John Anderson was not English...he was Scottish...Anderson is a common name here
He was knighted in 1919 and raised to the peerage in 1952.
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 5 General and miscellaneous correspondence, mostly congratulatory unless otherwise stated, arranged alphabetically by ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
With correspondence from representatives of Canada; messages of congratulation from Mayors and other representatives of the corporation of Cheltenham; correspondence relating to an obituary notice by Ismay for Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell of Oxford with Ismay's notes.
Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'I' including FM William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, 1940 relating to the possible move of the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to Canada during World War Two, with reply from Ismay relating to the Princesses' opposition to the plan.
With correspondence relating to Peter Mendolssohn's The age of Churchill (Thames and Hudson, London, 1961) including Ismay's criticism of comments on FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome and the author's response.
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John Buchan, 1st Viscount Tweedsmuir, novelist, historian, MP, governor-general of Canada and Anna Buchan, novelist as O Douglas: papers 1905-45 (Acc 11627)
John David Ruari Mclean, topographer and author (addnl): corresp 1960-85 (Acc 11574, 11602)
John Charles Walsham Reith (1889-1971), 1st Baron Reith: corresp with Sir John Anderson, Lord Waverley (1882-1958), civil servant (Acc 11583)
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 All Saints, West Dean, East Sussex - 18th October 2004
The bust was executed by Miss Clare Sheridan and was unveiled by Lady Churchill on 1st June 1958.
The ancient piscina, with its beautifully scalloped bowl, is very high, presumably indicating the chancel floor has been lowered at some stage.
The bust of John Anderson first Viscount Waverley (1882 - 1958) who lived for a time at East Dean is by Sir Jacob Epstein.
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