Salter, James Arthur, 1st Baron Salter
- Date of birth:
- March 15th, 1881
- Date of death:
- June 27th, 1975
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
Political career during the Second World War:
1939-1940: Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping
1941: Privy Counsellor
1941-1943: British shipping mission to Washington
1944: Deputy director-general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- Allied Maritime Transport Council, Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1918
Officier in de Kroonorde
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- Allied Maritime Transport Council, Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1920
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- Allied Maritime Transport Council, Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- February 10th, 1922
- Awarded on:
- 1922
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- British shipping mission to Washington, Ministry of War Transport, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: National Portrait Gallery (Public Domain)
- - Sir Arthur Salter (Hansard)
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13607/page/1485/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30723/supplement/6528/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32602/page/1079/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36309/supplement/19/data.pdf
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