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    Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, PC (26 July 1890 – 24 December 1965) was a British Conservative politician, most popularly remembered...
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  • Dean of Chelmsford David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC (1890–1965), British Conservative politician Viscount Margesson, a title in the Peerage of...
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  • 1st Viscount Margesson (1890–1965) Francis Vere Hampden Margesson, 2nd Viscount Margesson (1922–2014) Richard Francis David Margesson, 3rd Viscount Margesson...
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  • Reginald Bowles, worked as a butler and chauffeur for David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson. His father was next employed as a valet-companion and...
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  • from Northern Ireland, and the Hon. Janet Margesson, whose father was David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, a Conservative cabinet minister in the 1930s...
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  • lieutenant-colonel. On his return, he married the Hon. Mary Margesson (a daughter of the 1st Viscount Margesson) on 16 December 1944 in Jerusalem and they had three...
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  • Charge of the Light Brigade and later mayor of Wednesbury David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson — British politician Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall —...
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    following year Rose sold the house and it was bought by David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson David Margession (1890-1965) was a politician. In his youth...
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    became a Conservative dissenter, leading a group that Conservative whip David Margesson called the "Glamour Boys". Meanwhile, the leading anti-appeaser Winston...
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    with Halifax, or accounts given by Chamberlain or by the Chief Whip David Margesson (whose presence at the meeting Churchill does not mention). Churchill...
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    John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, GCSI, GCVO, OBE, PC (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts...
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    Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British...
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  • James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, CH, MVO, MC*, PC (9 February 1897 – 20 February 1971) was a British Unionist politician. He was joint-Parliamentary...
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  • Chief Whip (1963–1970) David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson (1890–1895), Secretary of State for War (1940–1942) Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun MP...
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    former's departure for active service in North Africa. The Chief Whip, David Margesson, who was living at the club since his recent divorce, was left homeless...
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  • Manning Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne John Maples John Marek David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson Ernest Marples Rob Marris Gordon...
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  • (1847–1857) Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne Keith Mans John Maples David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson Edward Marjoribanks; MP for Eastbourne...
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  • Thomson Viscount Curzon Lord Stanley David Margesson 14 January 1928 Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Viscount Curzon...
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    quite well with his counterpart, the Secretary of State for War, first David Margesson and later, Sir James Grigg. The following table lists all those who...
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  • England as an alien was Frances Margesson, wife of Captain (later Viscount) Margesson; the Neuraths stayed with the Margessons at Boddington, near Rugby, for...
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  • Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough Great-Grandson of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington 3rd son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough Eldest...
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    version gets the date wrong, and he fails to mention the presence of David Margesson, the government Chief Whip. Halifax's account omits the dramatic pause...
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    Commons   John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey – Lord Chancellor   Stanley Baldwin – Lord President   Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden – Lord Privy Seal...
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    while in this position for Lord Kitchener Wants You. He was replaced by David Lloyd George, who went on to become prime minister. Between the World Wars...
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    a meeting on the 9th between Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill, and David Margesson, the government Chief Whip. Halifax admitted that he could not govern...
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  • created a viscountess and a baroness). The last such was George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy upon his retirement in 1983. Since then it has become more...
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    Chamberlain and Halifax were joined by Churchill and the party's Chief Whip, David Margesson. Churchill's own account of these events, written six years later,...
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    Conservative Party in line behind Churchill, working with the Chief Whip, David Margesson, to overcome members' suspicions and dislikes of the Prime Minister...
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    Regiment of Foot ""No. 18782". The London Gazette. 8 March 1831. p. 442. Margesson, John; Evans, Lionel (1977). A Short History of the Royal Regiment of...
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  • William-Henry Mares, Royal Engineers Lt. Henry, David Reginald Margesson, 11th Hussars Lt. Leonard David Marks, Royal Field Artillery Capt. Arthur Thornthwaite...
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