Kingsley Wood

Sir Howard Kingsley Wood ( born August 19, 1881 in London, † September 21, 1943 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party, the constituency Woolwich West as a member of the House of Commons represented until his death 25 years and several ministerial posts held.

Life

After schooling Wood studied law and was after graduation worked as a Solicitor. In the general election of 14 December 1918, he was first elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party as a member of the House of Commons and represented in this up to his death in the constituency of Woolwich West.

Shortly after his election, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary in December 1918 in the government of Prime Minister David Lloyd George and held that post until October 1922, where he was beaten in 1919 as a Knight Bachelor knighted and then on the additional name "Sir" led. Between November 1924 and June 1929 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and took office again in the establishment in August 1931 coalition government of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, of the Postmaster ( Postmaster General ) called him shortly thereafter. He held until the end of MacDonald's term of office in June 1935 this office.

In June 1935 Prime Minister Baldwin appointed him Minister of Health; he also held in the subsequent government of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain this office. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was in 1938 ( until 1940) Air Minister ( Secretary of State for Air, successor of Viscount Swinton ). Shortly after taking office, he announced to want to revolutionize Britain's "air expansion scheme" ( rearmament of the Royal Air Force).

In his capacity as Minister of Aviation he opened on 16 July 1938, London Luton Airport, and on July 20, 1938 Exeter airport. During this time he was next to Neville Chamberlain the Cliveden set of, one from Lord Halifax, Samuel Hoare, John Simon, Philip Kerr, Tom Jones, Ernest Brown, Lady Astor and Geoffrey Dawson, the editor of the Times, existing group that has been instrumental the appeasement policy operated against the fascist states.

After a short subsequent acquisition of the office of Lord Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal) was Sir Kingsley Wood last from 1940 until his death Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) in the government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In this capacity he introduced the income-related Income Tax (pay- as-you -earn income tax ).