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has called him "the legal panjandrum of industrial insurance". He chaired the London Old Age
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in the ensuing reshuffle. The UK was then producing 80 new warplanes a month. Within two years under Wood the figure had risen to 546 a month. By the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain was producing as many new warplanes as
Germany. Wood's tenure as Secretary of State for Air coincided with
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service. For the telephone service, still mostly dependent on manual operators, the GPO introduced a programme of building new automated exchanges. For the postal service, the GPO built up a large fleet of motor vehicles to speed delivery, with 3,000 vans and 1,200 motor-cycles. Wood was a strong
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in 1918 at the unusually early age of 36. It was not then, as it later became, the practice to state in honours lists the reason for the conferring of an honour, but
Jenkins writes that Wood's knighthood was essentially for his work in the insurance field.
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846:, but also because a full-time, salaried midwifery service was created under the Midwives Act of 1936." Jenkins comments that the housing boom of the 1930s was one of the two main contributors to such economic recovery as there was after the
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With the hugely increased public expenditure necessitated by the war β it increased sixfold between 1938 and 1943 β inflation was always a danger. Wood sought to head off inflationary wage claims by subsidising essential
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from 11 November 1924 to 4 June 1929, becoming friends and firm political allies. They worked closely together on local government reform, including a radical updating of local taxation, the "
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as possible, to conduct external financial policy so as to secure overseas supplies on the best possible terms, and to take part in planning for the post-war period."
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1364:"Names of New Ministers β Key Posts for Opposition β Sir K. Wood at the Exchequer",
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1255:"Four Exchanges in One β New London Telephone Building Opened",
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1268:"The Post Office in 1933 β Sir Kingsley Wood on New Projects",
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1335:"A Reshuffle of the Government β Ministers Exchange Offices",
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Peden, G. C. "Wood, Sir (Howard) Kingsley (1881β1943)".
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Wood was first elected to office as a member of the
806:arrangements for businesses, and set up a national
575:Howard. His father was appointed to be minister of
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898:, he is said to have replied "Are you aware it is
878:, and during this time he limited RAF activity to
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1519:contributions in Parliament by Kingsley Wood
1083:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1202:"Rating Reform β New Bill in the Commons",
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4011:Postmasters general of the United Kingdom
1176:"New Year Honours β The Official Lists",
949:Chancellorship of the Exchequer and death
933:to ignore pressure from those who wanted
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694:in 1922, Wood was offered no post in the
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2689:Health Secretaries of the United Kingdom
2640:Interim Chancellor of the Exchequer, as
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1491:. Cambridge: Gretton Books.
1472:. Cambridge: Gretton Books.
1097:UK public library membership
880:dropping propaganda leaflets
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3751:Chancellor of the Exchequer
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1712:Chancellor of the Exchequer
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3545:The Viscount Chelmsford
3179:The Viscount Torrington
3124:The Earl of Bridgewater
1597:Sir William Ormsby-Gore
1426:. London: V. Gollancz.
1272:, 3 January 1933, p. 15
1259:, 9 November 1932, p. 6
752:in 1931, Wood was made
696:Conservative government
608:National Insurance Bill
544:, changing the role of
3560:Sir Austen Chamberlain
3550:The Viscount Bridgeman
3450:The Earl of Northbrook
3420:Sir John Pakington, Bt
3410:Sir John Pakington, Bt
3390:Sir Francis Baring, Bt
3375:The Earl of Haddington
3300:The Earl of St Vincent
3214:The Earl of Winchilsea
3189:The Earl of Winchilsea
3099:The Earl of Torrington
3094:The Earl of Nottingham
1302:Bouverie, Tim (2019).
1180:, 1 January 1918, p. 7
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623:Municipal Reform Party
212:Philip Cunliffe-Lister
3620:The Viscount Hailsham
3460:The Marquess of Ripon
3345:The Viscount Melville
3335:The Viscount Melville
3305:The Viscount Melville
3293:of the United Kingdom
3164:The Earl of Strafford
3114:The Viscount Falkland
2725:William Joynson-Hicks
1777:Eustace of Fauconberg
1582:Francis William Beech
1453:. London: Macmillan.
1449:Jenkins, Roy (1998).
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3565:The Viscount Monsell
3480:The Earl of Selborne
3465:Lord George Hamilton
3455:Lord George Hamilton
3415:The Duke of Somerset
3405:Sir Charles Wood, Bt
3400:Sir James Graham, Bt
3385:The Earl of Auckland
3350:Sir James Graham, Bt
3340:The Duke of Clarence
3330:Charles Philip Yorke
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3064:The Earl of Portland
1678:Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt
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1651:The Viscount Swinton
1562:Member of Parliament
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1293:Jenkins, pp. 396β397
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655:Wood was elected to
651:Member of Parliament
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347:Member of Parliament
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3706:Neville Chamberlain
3681:Neville Chamberlain
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3625:The Earl of Selkirk
3490:The Lord Tweedmouth
3445:William Henry Smith
3279:The Earl of Chatham
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335:Succeeded by
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158:Samuel Hoare
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3868:(1939β1940)
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3575:Duff Cooper
3520:Walter Long
2983:Sajid Javid
2973:Jeremy Hunt
2955:Jeremy Hunt
2710:Alfred Mond
2397:Hicks Beach
2372:Hicks Beach
2292:Spring Rice
1792:Westminster
1517:1803β2005:
1023:appeasement
945:on 12 May.
916:food policy
844:septicaemia
840:antibiotics
832:G. C. Peden
817:HM Treasury
808:teleprinter
780:, (bottom)
704:summer time
627:Roy Jenkins
559:Early years
546:HM Treasury
526:Post Office
505:and then a
370:Preceded by
323:Preceded by
265:Preceded by
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99:Preceded by
3905:Categories
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2223:Vansittart
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2146:Barrington
1977:Cottington
1847:Harvington
1822:Willoughby
1817:de la Leye
1807:G. Giffard
1802:W. Giffard
1769:of England
1716:1940β1943
1662:1938β1940
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1608:1931β1935
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1324:1042099346
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1006:Guilty Men
986:income tax
974:Parliament
876:Phoney War
804:reply paid
698:formed by
657:Parliament
480:1 daughter
410:1881-08-19
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2930:John Reid
2532:Callaghan
2507:Macmillan
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2332:Gladstone
2317:Gladstone
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1982:Colepeper
1947:Fortescue
1937:Sackville
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1852:Wodehouse
1787:Leicester
1432:301463537
1366:The Times
1337:The Times
1270:The Times
1257:The Times
1244:The Times
1231:The Times
1204:The Times
1191:The Times
1178:The Times
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700:Bonar Law
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589:solicitor
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297:In office
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131:In office
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2482:Anderson
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2377:Harcourt
2367:Childers
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2327:Disraeli
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2270:Goulburn
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2218:Perceval
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1997:Duncombe
1967:Portland
1962:Greville
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2012:Hampden
2007:Delamer
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1912:Catesby
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2002:Ernle
1932:Baker
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