The Viscount Thurso | |
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![]() Archibald Sinclair as Secretary of State for Air during the Second World War | |
Leader of the Liberal Party | |
In office 26 November 1935 – 26 July 1945 | |
Deputy | Percy Harris (1940–1945) |
Preceded by | Herbert Samuel |
Succeeded by | Clement Davies |
Secretary of State for Air | |
In office 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
Succeeded by | Harold Macmillan |
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
In office 4 November 1931 – 26 November 1935 | |
Leader | Herbert Samuel |
Preceded by | Herbert Samuel |
Succeeded by | Percy Harris 1940–1945 |
Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 25 August 1931 – 28 September 1932 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | William Adamson |
Succeeded by | Sir Godfrey Collins |
Liberal Chief Whip | |
In office 1930 – 25 August 1931 | |
Leader | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Robert Hutchison |
Succeeded by | Goronwy Owen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 7 July 1954[1] – 15 June 1970 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | Peerage created |
Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Thurso |
Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland | |
In office 15 November 1922 – 5 July 1945 | |
Preceded by | Leicester Harmsworth |
Succeeded by | Eric Gandar Dower |
Personal details | |
Born | Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair 22 October 1890 Caithness, Scotland |
Died | 15 June 1970 Twickenham, London, England | (aged 79)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Marigold Forbes
(m. 1918) |
Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Signature | ![]() |
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, KT, CMG, PC (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a Scottish politician and leader of the Liberal Party.[2]