Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote CBE , PC , KC (5 March 1876 – 11 October 1947) was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign &ndash are Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Despite legal posts dominating his career for all but four years, he is most prominently remembered for serving as Minister for Coordination of Defence from 1936 until 1939. The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament of Britain's defences Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Inskip served in the Intelligence Division from 1915 and from 1918 to 1919 worked at the Admiralty as head of the Naval Law branch. The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. From 1920-22, he served as Chancellor of the Diocese of Truro. The Diocese of Truro forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
In 1918, Inskip entered Parliament as MP for Bristol Central. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Bristol Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bristol. He was first appointed Solicitor General in 1922 and would hold this post for the next six years with one short interruption. Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was knighted in 1922. A staunch Protestant, he first came to high attention when in 1927 he joined with the Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks in attacking the proposed new version of the Book of Common Prayer. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office William Joynson-Hicks 1st Viscount Brentford (23 June 1865 – 8 June 1932 popularly known as Jix, was a British Conservative Party politician most The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. The law required Parliament to approve such revisions, normally regarded as a formality, but when the Prayer Book came before the House of Commons Inskip argued strongly against its adoption as he felt it strayed far from the Protestant principles of the Church of England. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The debate on the Prayer Book is regarded as one of the most eloquent ever seen in the Commons, and resulted in the rejection of the Prayer Book. A revised version was submitted in 1928 but rejected again. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However the Church of England Convocation then declared an emergency and used this as a pretext to use the new Prayer Book for many decades afterwards.
In 1928 Inskip was promoted to Attorney General, which post he held until the Conservative government fell in 1929. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Inskip lost his Bristol seat in the 1929 election. The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament. When Ramsay MacDonald formed his National Government in 1931, Inskip, who had been elected in a by-election for Fareham in February that year, returned to the role of Solicitor General but the following year a vacancy occurred and he once more resumed his work as Attorney General. James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United In the United Kingdom the term National Government is in an abstract sense used to refer to a coalition of some or all UK major political parties. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Fareham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1935 he prosecuted the 26th Baron de Clifford for manslaughter, which was the last ever criminal trial of a peer in the House of Lords.
Despite an exclusively legal track record, in 1936 Inskip became the first Minister for Coordination of Defence. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament of Britain's defences His appointment to this particular office was highly controversial. Winston Churchill had long campaigned for such an office and when its creation was announced, most expected Churchill to be appointed. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 When Inskip was named a famous remark was This is the most cynical appointment since Caligula made his horse a consul,1 His appointment is now regarded as a sign of caution by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin who did not wish to appoint someone like Churchill, because it would have been interpreted by foreign powers as a sign of the United Kingdom preparing for war. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31 AD 12 &ndash January 24 AD 41 more commonly known by his nickname Caligula (kəˈlɪɡjʊlə was a Roman Emperor Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 &ndash 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative politician statesman and major Baldwin anyway wished to avoid taking onboard such a controversial and radical minister as Churchill.
Inskip's tenure at Defence remains controversial, with some arguing that he did much to push Britain's rearmament before the outbreak of the Second World War but others argue he was largely ineffectual. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In early 1939 he was replaced by First Sea Lord Lord Chatfield, and moved to become Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy. Lord High Admirals 1413&ndash1628 Thomas Beaufort Duke of Exeter 1413&ndash1426 Admiral of the Fleet Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield 1st Baron Chatfield, GCB, OM, KCMG, CVO, PC ( 27 September The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions &mdash Canada, At the outbreak of war he was raised to the peerage in 1939 as Viscount Caldecote and made Lord Chancellor, but in May 1940 he was once more became Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to make room for the marginalising of Sir John Simon in the new government of Churchill. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions &mdash Canada, John Allsebrook Simon 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC ( 28 February 1873 &ndash 11 January 1954
After leaving ministerial office he served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1940 until 1946. The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was historically the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Notes
1 This quote has been made on many occasions and the original source is unclear. The highly influential polemic Guilty Men (whose relevant chapter is entitled "Caligula's Horse") attributes it to a "great statesman" (page 74), whom some have surmised was Churchill. Polemics (pəˈlɛmɪks/ /poʊ- is the practice of disputing or controverting religious, philosophical, or political matters Guilty Men was a Polemic Book published in the summer of 1940 in the United Kingdom, which attacked the leading politicians of the 1930s However Graham Stewart in Burying Caesar: Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party (London; Phoenix, 1999) (ISBN 0-7538-1060-3), page 487 attributes the originator of the quote to Churchill's non-politician friend Professor Frederick Lindemann. Frederick Alexander Lindemann 1st Viscount Cherwell PC CH was an English Physicist who was an influential scientific adviser to the British
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Bristol Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bristol. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament. Joseph Herbert Alpass (1873 &ndash 31 May 1969) was a British Labour Party politician A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Fareham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Fareham by-election 1939 was a parliamentary By-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Fareham in Sir Leslie Frederic Scott, KC, PC ( 28 October 1869 &ndash 19 May 1950) was a Conservative Party politician Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney Sir Henry Herman Slesser, KC ( 12 July 1883 &ndash 3 December 1979) was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the Sir Henry Herman Slesser, KC ( 12 July 1883 &ndash 3 December 1979) was a barrister and Labour Party politician in the Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney Douglas McGarel Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham PC ( 28 February 1872 &ndash 16 August 1950) was a British Conservative Lawyer Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales William Allen Jowitt 1st Earl Jowitt, PC, ( 15 April 1885 &ndash 16 August 1957) was a British Lawyer and William Allen Jowitt 1st Earl Jowitt, PC, ( 15 April 1885 &ndash 16 August 1957) was a British Lawyer and Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales Donald Bradley Somervell Baron Somervell of Harrow ( 24 August 1889 &ndash 18 November 1960 was a Barrister and Conservative Party Gordon Hewart 1st Viscount Hewart PC ( 7 January 1870 &ndash 5 May 1943) was a Politician and Judge in The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was historically the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor. Rayner Goddard Baron Goddard ( April 10, 1877 &ndash May 29, 1971) was Lord Chief Justice of England The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament of Britain's defences Admiral of the Fleet Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield 1st Baron Chatfield, GCB, OM, KCMG, CVO, PC ( 27 September Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born 7 January 1950) is a former English footballer nicknamed "Supermac" famed for scoring goals for The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions &mdash Canada, Robert Anthony Eden 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 &ndash 14 January 1977 was a British Conservative Politician Frederic Herbert Maugham 1st Viscount Maugham [1] [2] ( 1866 - March 23 1958) was a The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. John Allsebrook Simon 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC ( 28 February 1873 &ndash 11 January 1954 Robert Anthony Eden 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 &ndash 14 January 1977 was a British Conservative Politician The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions &mdash Canada, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG PC ( August 27, 1893 &ndash February 23, 1972) was a James Richard Stanhope 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope, KG, PC ( 11 November 1880 &ndash 15 August 1967 Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position most often Lord President Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC ( 16 April 1881 &ndash The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when Viscount Caldecote, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic