Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank

The Honourable Captain Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank, PC (27 May 1893 - 17 October 1961), known as Harry Crookshank, was a British Conservative politician.

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The Honourable - Captain - PC - 27 May - 1893 - 17 October - 1961 - Conservative

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Crookshank was born in Cairo and educated at Eton College and Oxford University. In World War I he served in the Grenadier Guards. He then worked in the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. until 1924.

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Cairo - Eton College - Oxford University - World War I - Grenadier Guards - Washington, D.C.

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Crookshank was Conservative MP for Gainsborough, 1924-56. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, 1934-5; Parliamentary Secretary, Mines, 1935-9; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1939-43; Postmaster General, 1943-5; Minister of Health, 1951-2; Lord Privy Seal, 1952-5; Leader of the House of Commons, 1951-5. He was raised to the peerage as the Viscount Crookshank in 1956, a title which became extinct upon his death.

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Gainsborough - Home Office - Financial Secretary to the Treasury - Postmaster General - House of Commons

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