The Viscount Runciman of Doxford | |
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President of the Board of Education | |
In office 12 April 1908 – 23 October 1911 | |
Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | Reginald McKenna |
Succeeded by | Jack Pease |
President of the Board of Agriculture | |
In office 23 October 1911 – 6 August 1914 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | The Earl Carrington |
Succeeded by | The Lord Lucas |
President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 5 August 1914 – 5 December 1916 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | John Burns |
Succeeded by | Sir Albert Stanley |
In office 5 November 1931 – 28 May 1937 | |
Monarchs | George V Edward VIII George VI |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister |
Succeeded by | Hon. Oliver Stanley |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 31 October 1938 – 3 September 1939 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
Preceded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
Succeeded by | The Earl Stanhope |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 November 1870 |
Died | 14 November 1949 | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal National Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children | 5 |
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Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, PC (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949), was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was key to the enactment of the British policy of appeasement of Nazi Germany preceding the Second World War.