Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers, 1st Baron Hankey

Date of birth:: April 1st, 1877
Date of death:: January 26th, 1963
Nationality:: British

Biography

Political career during the Second World War:
September 1939: Minister without Portfolio and a member of the War Cabinet
14 May 1940 – 20 July 1941: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1941-1942: Paymaster-General

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Companion of the Most Honourable Order of Bath (CB, Civil Division)

Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Committee of Imperial Defence, British Government
Awarded on:: June 14th, 1912

As Assistant Secretary of CID.

Companion of the Most Honourable Order of Bath (CB, Civil Division)

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: Committee of Imperial Defence, British Government
Awarded on:: February 4th, 1916

As Secretary of CID

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, civil division)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: War Cabinet, British Government
Awarded on:: August 5th, 1919

As Secretary.

Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, civil division)

Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Rank:: Secretary of the Cabinet
Awarded on:: June 3rd, 1929

Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Rank:: Colonel
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1934

As Secretary of the Cabinet

Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

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