Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading

The Marquess of Reading
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
11 November 1953 – 9 January 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd
Succeeded byDavid Ormsby-Gore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
31 October 1951 – 11 November 1953
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Handerson
Succeeded byDouglas Dodds-Parker
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
30 December 1935 – 19 September 1960
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Marquess of Reading
Succeeded byThe 3rd Marquess of Reading
Personal details
Born10 December 1889
Died19 September 1960(1960-09-19) (aged 70)
Spouse
(m. 1914)
ChildrenMichael Alfred Rufus Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading
Lady Joan Isaacs
Lady Elizabeth Isaacs
Parent(s)Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Alice Edith Cohen

Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading GCMG CBE MC TD PC QC (10 December 1889 – 19 September 1960), styled Viscount Erleigh from 1917 to 1935, was a British barrister and Liberal then Conservative politician.


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