Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote

The Viscount Caldecote
Lord Chief Justice of England
In office
14 October 1940 – 23 January 1946
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byThe Viscount Hewart
Succeeded byThe Lord Goddard
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
3 September 1939 – 12 May 1940
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Lord Maugham
Succeeded byThe Viscount Simon
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
14 May 1940 – 3 October 1940
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Earl Stanhope
Succeeded byThe Viscount Halifax
Ministerial offices 1922–1940
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
In office
14 May 1940 – 3 October 1940
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byAnthony Eden
Succeeded byViscount Cranborne
In office
29 January 1939 – 3 September 1939
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byMalcolm MacDonald
Succeeded byAnthony Eden
Minister for Coordination of Defence
In office
13 March 1936 – 29 January 1939
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Preceded byNew Office
Succeeded byThe Lord Chatfield
Attorney-General for England
In office
26 January 1932 – 18 March 1936
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded byWilliam Jowitt
Succeeded byDonald Somervell
In office
28 March 1928 – 4 June 1929
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byDouglas Hogg
Succeeded byWilliam Jowitt
Solicitor-General for England
In office
3 September 1931 – 26 January 1932
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byStafford Cripps
Succeeded byBoyd Merriman
In office
11 November 1924 – 28 March 1928
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byHenry Slesser
Succeeded byBoyd Merriman
In office
31 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
Prime MinisterBonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded byLeslie Scott
Succeeded byHenry Slesser
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 September 1939 – 11 October 1947
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Caldecote
Member of Parliament
for Fareham
In office
20 February 1931 – 6 September 1939
Preceded byJohn Davidson
Succeeded byDymoke White
Member of Parliament
for Bristol Central
In office
14 December 1918 – 30 May 1929
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byJoseph Alpass
Personal details
Born
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

(1876-03-05)5 March 1876
Clifton, Bristol
United Kingdom
Died11 October 1947(1947-10-11) (aged 71)
Godalming, Surrey
United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Augusta Boyle
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge

Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, CBE, PC (5 March 1876 – 11 October 1947) was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. Despite legal posts dominating his career for all but four years, he is most prominently remembered for serving as Minister for Coordination of Defence from 1936 until 1939.