Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Thurso KT CMG PC |
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Archibald Sinclair as Secretary of State for Air during the Second World War
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| Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 26 November 1935 – 15 June 1945 |
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| Deputy | Percy Harris (1940–1945) |
| Preceded by | Sir Herbert Samuel |
| Succeeded by | Clement Davies |
| Secretary of State for Air | |
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In office 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Harold Macmillan |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 4 November 1931 – 26 November 1935 |
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| Leader | Herbert Samuel |
| Preceded by | Herbert Samuel |
| Succeeded by | Percy Harris 1940–1945 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 25 August 1931 – 28 September 1932 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | William Adamson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Godfrey Collins |
| Liberal Chief Whip | |
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In office 1930 – 25 August 1931 |
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| Leader | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Robert Hutchison |
| Succeeded by | Goronwy Owen |
| Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland |
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In office 15 November 1922 – 5 July 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Leicester Harmsworth |
| Succeeded by | Eric Gandar Dower |
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Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair 22 October 1890 Chelsea, London, England |
| Died | 15 June 1970 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Marigold Forbes |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, KT CMG PC (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
Born in Chelsea, London, Sinclair was the son of a Scottish father and an American mother. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet. In 1912, he succeeded his grandfather, Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet, as fourth Baronet, of Ulbster. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1910.
Sinclair served on the Western Front during the First World War and rose to the rank of Major in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. He served as second-in-command to Winston Churchill, when Churchill commanded the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the Ploegsteert Wood sector of the Western Front in 1916, after Churchill had resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty. They formed a lasting friendship, which would become a significant political alliance in later decades. From 1919 to 1921, he served as Personal Military Secretary to Churchill, when he returned to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for War, then accompanied him to the Colonial Office as Private Secretary.
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