Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury
| The Right Honourable The Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC DL |
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| Minister of Pensions | |
| In office 30 July 1936 – 7 June 1939 |
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| Monarch | Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Robert Hudson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Womersley, Bt |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
| In office 7 June 1939 – 3 April 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| President of the Board of Education | |
| In office 3 April 1940 – 20 July 1941 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Earl De La Warr |
| Succeeded by | R. A. Butler |
| Governor-General of Ceylon | |
| In office 6 July 1949 – 17 July 1954 |
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| Monarch | George VI Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1887 |
| Died | 30 January 1971 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC DL (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971) was a British Conservative politician. He served as a government minister between 1931 and 1941 and served as Governor-General of Ceylon between the years 1949 and 1954.
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Background
Ramsbotham was the son of Herwald Ramsbotham, of Crowborough Warren (son of James Ramsbotham and Jane Fielden), and Ethel Margaret Bevan.[1]
Military career
Ramsbotham was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in 1915 and was promoted to temporary Captain later the same year. He was promoted to temporary Major by 1918 and received the Military Cross. He was appointed an OBE in 1919 and relinquished his commission that year.[citation needed]
Political career
Ramsbotham was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster in 1929.[2] In 1931 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education by Ramsay MacDonald, a post he retained when Stanley Baldwin became Prime Minister in June 1935, and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries between November 1935 and July 1936.[3] In September 1936 he was made Minister of Pensions by Baldwin.[4] He continued in this office when Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister in May 1937. In June 1939 he was appointed First Commissioner of Works[5] and sworn of the Privy Council.[6]
Ramsbotham entered the cabinet in April 1940 as President of the Board of Education. He remained in this office after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 but was succeeded by R. A. Butler in July 1941. In August he was raised to the peerage as Baron Soulbury, of Soulbury in the County of Buckingham,[7] and made Chairman of the Assistance Board, a post he held until 1948.[8] Chairman of the Soulbury Commission 1944-45. Between 1949 and 1954 he served as Governor-General of Ceylon. He was appointed a GCMG in 1949 and a GCVO on 20 April 1954. On 10 June of that year, he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Soulbury, of Soulbury in the County of Buckingham.[9]
Family
He went to Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland, England. Lord Soulbury died in January 1971 at the age of 83.
m.1st 11 Nov 1911 Doris Violet de Stein (d.20 Feb 1954); m.2nd 10 Nov 1962 Ursula Jerome (d.12 Nov 1964)
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his elder son James Herwald Ramsbotham. His younger son Sir Peter Ramsbotham notably served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1977.
Styles
- 1887-1915: Herwald Ramsbotham
- 1915-1916: Temp. Lieutenant Herwald Ramsbotham
- 1916-1917: Temp. Captain Herwald Ramsbotham, MC
- 1917-1919: Temp. Major Herwald Ramsbotham, MC
- 1919: Temp. Major Herwald Ramsbotham, OBE, MC
- 1920-1929: Major Herwald Ramsbotham, OBE, MC
- 1929-1939: Major Herwald Ramsbotham, OBE, MC, MP
- 1939-1941: Major The Rt. Hon. Herwald Ramsbotham, PC, OBE, MC, MP[10]
- 1941-1944: Major The Rt. Hon. the Lord Soulbury, PC, OBE, MC
- 1944-1949: Major The Rt. Hon. the Lord Soulbury, PC, OBE, MC, DL[11]
- 1949-1952: Major His Excellency The Rt. Hon. the Lord Soulbury, PC, GCMG, OBE, MC, DL, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon[12]
- 1952-20 April 1954: Major His Excellency The Rt. Hon. the Lord Soulbury, PC, GCMG, OBE, MC, KStJ, DL, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon[13]
- 20 April-16 July 1954: Major His Excellency The Rt. Hon. the Lord Soulbury, PC, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, KStJ, DL, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon[14]
- 16–17 July 1954: Major His Excellency The Rt. Hon. the Viscount Soulbury, PC, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, KStJ, DL, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon[15]
- 17 July 1954 – 1971: Major The Rt. Hon. the Viscount Soulbury, PC, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, KStJ, DL
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33508. p. 4110. 21 June 1929.
- ↑ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34324. p. 5999. 18 September 1936.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34635. p. 3971. 13 June 1939.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34633. p. 3852. 6 June 1939.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35241. p. 4565. 8 August 1941.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35251. p. 4808. 19 August 1941.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40232. p. 4164. 16 July 1954.
- ↑ London Gazette, 6 June 1939
- ↑ London Gazette, 3 November 1944
- ↑ London Gazette, 24 May 1949
- ↑ London Gazette, 27 June 1952
- ↑ London Gazette, 11 May 1954
- ↑ London Gazette, 16 July 1954
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Soulbury
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1929–1941 |
Succeeded by Fitzroy Maclean |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education 1931–1935 |
Succeeded by The Earl De La Warr |
| Preceded by | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1935–1936 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Feversham |
| Preceded by | Minister of Pensions 1936–1939 |
Succeeded by Walter Womersley |
| Preceded by | First Commissioner of Works 1939–1940 |
Succeeded by The Earl De La Warr |
| Preceded by | President of the Board of Education 1940–1941 |
Succeeded by R. A. Butler |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by | Governor-General of Ceylon 1949–1954 |
Succeeded by Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Viscount Soulbury 1954–1971 |
Succeeded by James Herwald Ramsbotham |
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