The Lord Thomson CBE, DSO, PC | |
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Secretary of State for Air | |
In office 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
In office 7 June 1929 – 5 October 1930 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
Succeeded by | The Lord Amulree |
Personal details | |
Born | Nasik, British India | 13 April 1875
Died | Allone, France | 5 October 1930 (aged 55)
Resting place | Cardington, Bedfordshire |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, CBE, DSO, PC (13 April 1875 – 5 October 1930), was a British Army officer who went on to serve as a Labour minister and peer. He served as Secretary of State for Air under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and between 1929 and 1930, when he was killed in the R101 disaster.