Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
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The Right Honourable The Lord Parmoor KCVO PC QC |
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Lord Parmoor in 1922
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| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
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In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Balfour |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Baldwin |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Reading |
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| Born | 3 October 1852 |
| Died | 30 June 1941 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
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Conservative Labour |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Theresa Potter (d. 1893) (2) Marian Ellis (d. 1952) |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor KCVO PC QC (3 October 1852 – 30 June 1941) was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England causes.
Cripps was the third son of Henry William Cripps, a wealthy barrister and Queen's Counsel from Berkshire. He attended Winchester College and New College, Oxford, both on scholarships, and won four first classes at Oxford. At the end of his undergraduate years he was awarded a Fellowship at St John's College, Oxford, which he held for six years.
He was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1877 and went into practice as a barrister. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1890 and a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1893. He was appointed as Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales in 1895, an appointment he retained for two further Princes (in 1901 and in 1910) until 1914; his personal service to the Royal family was rewarded in 1908 with the KCVO.
Cripps later claimed to have been a supporter of the Liberal Party, but in deference to his die-hard Conservative father, he declined to get involved in politics. However he sided with the Unionists over the issue of home rule for Ireland and was elected as a Unionist to Parliament for Stroud in 1895, where he was a member of the South Africa Commission (investigating the Jameson Raid). He lost his seat in 1900, but soon returned in a by-election as MP for Stretford.
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