Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley
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The Lord Rowley PC |
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| Secretary of State for Air | |
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In office 7 October 1947 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Philip Noel-Baker |
| Succeeded by | William Sidney |
| Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations | |
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In office 14 August 1947 – 7 October 1947 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
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In office 4 August 1945 – 14 August 1947 |
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| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Roger Lumley |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | |
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In office 7 February 1943 – 23 May 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Duncan Sandys |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Petherick |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 4 March 1942 – 7 February 1943 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Edward Grigg |
| Succeeded by | Henry Page Croft |
| Member of Parliament for Rowley Regis and Tipton Kingswinford (1935–1950) |
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In office 14 November 1935 – 31 March 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Todd |
| Succeeded by | Peter Archer |
| Member of Parliament for Cardiff South |
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In office 30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Evans |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Evans |
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In office 6 December 1923 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Sir James Cory |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Evans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1893 |
| Died | 28 August 1968 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, PC (27 August 1893 – 28 August 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.
Arthur Henderson was the son of Arthur Henderson, who was Leader of the Labour Party between 1908–1910, 1914–17 and 1931-1932.
Henderson was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1923 general election, as Member of Parliament (MP) for the South Wales seat of Cardiff South. He lost his seat at the 1924 general election to the Conservative Arthur Evans, but won it back at the 1929 general election.
When Labour split at the 1931 election over Ramsay Macdonald's formation of a National Government, Henderson was one of the many Labour MPs to lose their seats. Evans was re-elected, and held the seat until the 1945 election, when he lost to future Prime Minister James Callaghan.
Henderson returned to Parliament at the 1935 general election, for the English constituency of Kingswinford in Staffordshire. He held that seat until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when he was elected for the new seat of Rowley Regis and Tipton, on the other side of Dudley. He was re-elected in Rowley Regis until his retirement from the Commons at the 1966 election. He was created a life peer on 27 May 1966 as Baron Rowley, of Rowley Regis in the County of Staffordshire. He died two years later, the day after his 75th birthday.
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