Douglas King | |
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Financial Secretary to the War Office | |
In office 11 November 1924 – 13 January 1928 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | Jack Lawson |
Succeeded by | Duff Cooper |
Secretary for Mines | |
In office 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | George Lane-Fox |
Succeeded by | Ben Turner |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 June 1877 London, England |
Died | 20 August 1930 | (aged 53)
Political party | Conservative |
Commodore Henry Douglas King, CB, CBE, DSO, VD, PC (1 June 1877 – 20 August 1930) was a British naval commander and Conservative politician. He served under Stanley Baldwin as Financial Secretary to the War Office between 1924 and 1928 and as Secretary for Mines between 1928 and 1929.