Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury
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| Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury |
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| In office July 6, 1949 – July 17, 1954 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II King George VI |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |
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| Born | 6 May 1887 |
| Died | 30 January 1971 |
| Profession | Civil Servant, Conservative Party politician. |
Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury GCMG GCVO OBE MC PC (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Ramsbotham sat as Member of Parliament for Lancaster from 1929 to 1941 and served under Neville Chamberlain as Minister of Pensions from 1936 to 1939 and as First Commissioner of Works from 1939 to 1940. In 1939 he became a member of the Privy Council and during the Second World War he served in the wartime coalition of Winston Churchill as President of the Board of Education from 1940 to 1941. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Soulbury, of Soulbury in the County of Buckinghamshire.
Ramsbotham later served as Chairman of the Assistance Board from 1941 to 1948 and as Governor-General of Ceylon from 1949 to 1954. In 1955 he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Soulbury, of Soulbury in the County of Buckinghamshire.
Lord Soulbury was son of Herwald Ramsbotham of Crowborough Warren and Ethel Margaret Bevan.
Lord Soulbury died in January 1971 at the age of 83. He was succeeded in the Viscountcy by his eldest son James. His younger son Sir Peter Ramsbotham notably served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1974 to 1977.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Parkinson Tomlinson |
Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1929–1941 |
Succeeded by Fitzroy Maclean |
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| Preceded by Robert Hudson |
Minister of Pensions 1936–1939 |
Succeeded by Sir Walter Womersley |
| Preceded by Sir Philip Sassoon |
First Commissioner of Works 1939–1940 |
Succeeded by The Earl De La Warr |
| Preceded by The Earl De La Warr |
President of the Board of Education 1940–1941 |
Succeeded by Rab Butler |
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
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 Ramsbotham |
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