Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne

The Lord Crathorne
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
5 November 1951 – 28 July 1954
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byTom Williams
Succeeded byDerick Heathcoat Amory
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
28 May 1937 – 12 February 1940
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded bySir Archibald Southby
Succeeded byPatrick Munro
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
9 October 1959 – 26 March 1977
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Lord Crathorne
Member of Parliament for
Richmond
In office
30 May 1929 – 18 September 1959
Preceded bySir Murrough John Wilson
Succeeded byTimothy Kitson
Personal details
Born(1897-07-20)20 July 1897
Died26 March 1977(1977-03-26) (aged 79)
Political partyConservative

Thomas Lionel Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, TD, PC (20 July 1897 – 26 March 1977), known as Sir Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baronet from 1945 to 1959, was a British Conservative Party politician. He resigned as a government minister over the Crichel Down Affair, often quoted as a classic example of the convention of individual ministerial responsibility.