Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Caldecote CBE PC KC |
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| 8th Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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In office 14 October 1940 – 23 January 1946 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Hewart |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Goddard |
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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Leader of the House of Lords |
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In office 14 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Anthony Eden |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Cranborne |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
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In office 3 September 1939 – 12 May 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Lord Maugham |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Simon |
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
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In office 29 January 1939 – 3 September 1939 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Malcolm MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Eden |
| Minister for Coordination of Defence | |
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In office 13 March 1936 – 29 January 1939 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister |
Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | New Office |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Chatfield |
| Personal details | |
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Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip 5 March 1876 Clifton, Bristol United Kingdom |
| Died | 11 October 1947 (aged 71) Godalming, Surrey United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Augusta Boyle |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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. 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.
Inskip was the son of James Inskip, a solicitor, by his second wife Constance Sophia Louisa, daughter of John Hampden. The Right Reverend James Inskip was his elder half-brother and Sir John Hampden, Lord Mayor of Bristol, his younger brother. He attended Clifton College from 1886 to 1894 and King's College, Cambridge from 1894 to 1897. He joined Clifton RFC in 1895–96. In 1899 he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple.
Inskip became a King's Counsel in 1914. He served in the Intelligence Division from 1915 and from 1918 to 1919 worked at the Admiralty as head of the Naval Law branch. From 1920–22, he served as Chancellor of the Diocese of Truro. In 1918 he entered Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol Central. He was first appointed Solicitor General in 1922 and would hold this post for the next six years, with one short interruption for the Labour government of 1924. In 1922 he was knighted.
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