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Ernest Brown | |
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Minister of Aircraft Production | |
In office 25 May 1945 – 5 July 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Stafford Cripps |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 11 November 1943 – 25 May 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Duff Cooper |
Succeeded by | James Arthur Salter |
Minister of Health | |
In office 8 February 1941 – 11 November 1943 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
Succeeded by | Henry Willink |
Chairman of the National Liberal Party | |
In office 1940–1945 | |
Preceded by | John Simon |
Succeeded by | James Henderson-Stewart |
Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 14 May 1940 – 8 February 1941 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | John Colville |
Succeeded by | Tom Johnston |
Minister of Labour | |
In office 7 June 1935 – 14 May 1940 | |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
Preceded by | Oliver Stanley |
Succeeded by | Ernest Bevin |
Secretary for Mines | |
In office 30 September 1932 – 18 June 1935 | |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Isaac Foot |
Succeeded by | Harry Crookshank |
Member of Parliament for Leith | |
In office 23 March 1927 – 5 July 1945 | |
Preceded by | William Wedgwood Benn |
Succeeded by | James Hoy |
Member of Parliament for Rugby | |
In office 6 December 1923 – 29 October 1924 | |
Preceded by | Euan Wallace |
Succeeded by | David Margesson |
Personal details | |
Born | Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom | 27 August 1881
Died | 16 February 1962 | (aged 80)
Political party | National Liberal Liberal |
Alfred Ernest Brown CH MC PC (27 August 1881 – 16 February 1962) was a British politician who served as leader of the Liberal Nationals from 1940 until 1945. He was a member of Parliament and also held many other political offices throughout the Second World War.