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to join the Coalition government in 1940. As one of the most senior Labour figures not in office, the responsibilities of running the party were given to him. In his partisan role he strongly supported Churchill's conduct as war leader even if the war was not always running in the Allies' favour.
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candidate. Indicating his estrangement from the Liberal Party, he fought as an "Independent Radical", even though he had been adopted by the local Liberal association. He was the member of Parliament who, in July 1917, read
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meant that Lees-Smith won his seat back, and he was swiftly appointed to a frontbench role. When Labour returned to office in 1929, he was made
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and he was defeated by the Liberal candidate. That defeat prevented him from being appointed as a Minister in the first Labour government.
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in 1906, where he remained throughout his political career. He was also Chairman of the Executive Committee of
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In 1938, he distributed 40 British passports to German Jews in Frankfurt, thus aiding their escape.
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on economics and advise on economics teaching. As a result of his experiences he wrote
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and, as a consequence, was not offered support by the Coalition in the
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on the Western Front and invalided out of the armed forces in 1917.
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Hazlehurst, Cameron; Whitehead, Sally; Woodland, Christine (1996).
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Lees-Smith was from an army family. His father was a major in the
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He married Joyce Holman in 1915, and they had two children.
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In 1909, he went on an extended tour of India to lecture at
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Bellamy, Joyce M.; Martin, David E.; Saville, John (1993).
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Archived from the original on 6 October 2018 865:"Papers of Dr Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith MP" 2188: 1441: 576:) from 1940 until his death, during the time 832: 830: 828: 826: 824: 330:15 November 1922 – 16 November 1923 260:14 November 1935 – 18 December 1941 2695:Academics of the London School of Economics 2211:Education Secretaries of the United Kingdom 1097: 1040:. Cambridge University Press. p. 335. 889: 887: 885: 2705:British Secretaries of State for Education 2195: 2181: 1448: 1434: 1079: 1077: 36: 2765:Postmasters general of the United Kingdom 1131: 993: 991: 989: 821: 742:The collapse of the Liberal Party in the 649:describes the Lees-Smith family history. 295:29 October 1924 – 7 October 1931 1083: 1060: 921: 882: 805:. Ruskin College, Oxford. Archived from 773:, Lees-Smith again won his seat back in 714:. He was picked as Labour candidate for 1074: 635:regiment in 1915, and was wounded as a 62:22 May 1940 – 18 December 1941 2677: 986: 911:– via The Times Digital Archive. 728:Second Chambers in Theory and Practice 114:2 March 1931 – 24 August 1931 2700:Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford 2176: 1429: 737: 2227:Presidents of the Board of Education 695:National Democratic and Labour Party 669:. Unlike his fellow Northampton MP, 583: 2592:Innovation, Universities and Skills 1381:President of the Board of Education 752:President of the Board of Education 566:President of the Board of Education 178:7 June 1929 – 2 March 1931 102:President of the Board of Education 13: 2730:People educated at Aldenham School 922:Sugarman, Daniel (4 August 2017). 560:politician who was briefly in the 14: 2781: 1152: 2770:British people in colonial India 2342: 2204: 1347:Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt 1174:Parliament of the United Kingdom 895:"Obituary: Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith" 681:in the Liberal split during the 652: 602:Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 375:1910 – 25 November 1918 1054: 710:In 1919, Lees-Smith joined the 705: 522: 2576:Children, Schools and Families 1027: 970: 934: 915: 857: 840:Dictionary of Labour Biography 795: 766:into the National Government. 661:, Lees-Smith was elected as a 16:British politician (1878–1941) 1: 1093:. 6 March 1931. p. 1525. 1070:. 21 June 1929. p. 4105. 788: 659:January 1910 general election 1118:(3214): 873–874. June 1931. 551:Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith 7: 629:Studies in Indian Economics 568:in 1931. He was the acting 10: 2786: 1418:Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 610:London School of Economics 574:Parliamentary Labour Party 2607: 2591: 2575: 2544: 2523: 2502: 2421: 2414: 2351: 2340: 2226: 2217: 2107:Alexander of Hillsborough 2092:5th Marquess of Salisbury 2062:4th Marquess of Salisbury 2037:5th Marquess of Lansdowne 2012:3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1997:3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1987:3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1932:3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1922:3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1897:3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1887:3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1867: 1463: 1414: 1405: 1397: 1387: 1378: 1374:Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bt 1370: 1360: 1351: 1343: 1338: 1328: 1309: 1301: 1291: 1272: 1264: 1254: 1235: 1227: 1217: 1191: 1179: 1172: 1019:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 962:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 843:. 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Index

The Right Honourable

Leader of the Opposition
George VI
Clement Attlee
The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
President of the Board of Education
George V
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bt
Sir Donald Maclean
Postmaster General
George V
Ramsay MacDonald
The Lord Selsdon
Clement Attlee
Keighley
George Harvie-Watt
Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Robert Pilkington
George Harvie-Watt
Robert Clough
Robert Pilkington
Northampton
Charles McCurdy
Herbert Paul
John Greenwood Shipman
Charles McCurdy
British India
London

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