Waverley, John Anderson, Viscount Westdean, 1883?-1958

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Dates:
Birth 1882-07-08
Death 1958-01-04

Biographical notes:

1917-1919 secretary to Ministry of Shipping; 1918 CB; 1919-1922 chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue; 1919 KCB; 1920-1922 under-secretary for Ireland; 1922-1932 under-secretary at the Home Office; 1923 GCB; 1932-1937 governor of Bengal; 1932 GCIE; 1937 GCSI; ; 1938-1950 independent MP for Scottish Universities; 1939-1940 home secretary and minister of home security; 1940-1943 lord president of the council; 1943-1945 chancellor of the exchequer; 1952 peerage; 1957 Order of Merit

Epithet: Civil Servant

Title: 1st Viscount Waverley

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00018d

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  • Pakistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Faridpur District, Bengal (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bhutan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Botswana, Africa (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Darjeeling, Bengal (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Palestine, Asia (as recorded)
  • Calcutta, India (as recorded)
  • Dacca, India (as recorded)
  • Rhodesia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Asansol, Bengal (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Simla, India (as recorded)
  • Shanghai, China (as recorded)
  • Sikkim, Asia (as recorded)
  • Jalpaiguri, Bengal (as recorded)
  • Orissa, India (as recorded)
  • New Delhi, India (as recorded)
  • Burdwan, Bengal (as recorded)
  • Khulna, Bengal (as recorded)