The Viscount Chelmsford, The Rt. Hon., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., stc
(Born: 1868)
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Biographical Notes
Chelmsford, The Rt. Hon. The Viscount, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., etc. Past Chairman, Miners' Welfare Committee. Chairman of Miners Welfare National Scholarship Selection Committee. Chairman of Committee of Enquiry. Has rendered signal service to the coal industry. Born 1868. Eldest son of second Baron Chelmsford. Educated Winchester, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Alderman, L.C.C., 1913. Created Viscount, 1921. First Lord of the Admiralty in Labour Government. Was for a time Chairman, Royal Commission on Mining Subsidence. Private Address: 116, Eaton Square, London, S.W.1.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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