Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster
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Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, PC (27 March 1885 – 7 June 1961) was a British Liberal then Labour politician.
Fletcher was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Basingstoke in 1923 by 348 votes but lost the seat in 1924. He was elected as Labour MP for Nuneaton in 1935. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Winster in 1942 and made a Privy Counsellor in 1945. From 1945 to 1946 he was Minister of Civil Aviation in the government of Clement Attlee, and from 1946 to 1949, he served as Governor of Cyprus.
Lord Winster died in 1961 at the age of 76. The peerage became extinct on his death.[1]
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Arthur Richard Holbrook |
Member of Parliament for Basingstoke 1923–1924 |
Succeeded by Arthur Richard Holbrook |
| Preceded by Edward North |
Member of Parliament for Nuneaton 1935–1942 |
Succeeded by Frank Bowles |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Viscount Swinton |
Minister of Civil Aviation 1945–1946 |
Succeeded by The Lord Nathan |
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