A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
The Earl Alexander of Hillsborough | |
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Alexander in 1942 | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 14 December 1955 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Party Leader | Hugh Gaitskell Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | The Earl Jowitt |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Carrington |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Hugh Dalton |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Swinton |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 December 1946 – 28 February 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Clement Attlee |
| Succeeded by | Manny Shinwell |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 3 August 1945 – 4 October 1946 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Brendan Bracken |
| Succeeded by | George Hall |
| In office 11 May 1940 – 25 May 1945 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Bracken |
| In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | William Bridgeman |
| Succeeded by | Sir Austen Chamberlain |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | |
| In office 23 January 1924 – 4 November 1924 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Viscount Wolmer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Burton-Chadwick |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 27 February 1950 – 11 January 1965 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | Peerage extinct |
| Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough | |
| In office 14 November 1935 – 23 February 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Gurney Braithwaite |
| Succeeded by | George Darling |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 27 October 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Neal |
| Succeeded by | Gurney Braithwaite |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1885 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Died | 11 January 1965 (aged 79) London, England |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Spouse |
Esther Chapple (m. 1908) |
Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1 May 1885 – 11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee.