The Viscount Chandos | |
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President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 3 October 1940 – 29 June 1941 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Andrew Rae Duncan |
Succeeded by | Andrew Rae Duncan |
In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Hugh Dalton |
Succeeded by | Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 28 October 1951 – 28 July 1954 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | James Griffiths |
Succeeded by | Alan Lennox-Boyd |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 March 1893 Mayfair, London, UK |
Died | 21 January 1972 Marylebone, London, UK | (aged 78)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Lady Moira Osborne (1892–1976) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Alfred Lyttelton Edith Balfour |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, KG, DSO, MC, PC (15 March 1893 – 21 January 1972) was a British businessman from the Lyttelton family who was brought into government during the Second World War, holding a number of ministerial posts.