Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Runciman of Doxford PC |
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circa 1905
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| President of the Board of Education | |
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In office 12 April 1908 – 23 October 1911 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Reginald McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Jack Pease |
| President of the Board of Agriculture | |
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In office 23 October 1911 – 6 August 1914 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl Carrington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Lucas |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 5 August 1914 – 5 December 1916 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | John Burns |
| Succeeded by | Sir Albert Stanley |
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In office 5 November 1931 – 28 May 1937 |
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| Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister |
Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Oliver Stanley |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 31 October 1938 – 3 September 1939 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Stanhope |
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| Born | 19 November 1870 |
| Died | 14 November 1949 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Liberal National Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Hilda Stevenson (born 1869; died 1956)
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Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, PC (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949) was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom between the 1900s and 1930s.
Runciman was the son of the shipping magnate Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1895.
Runciman unsuccessfully contested Gravesend in a by-election in 1898, but was elected as a member of parliament (MP) in a two-member by-election for Oldham in 1899, defeating the Conservative candidates, James Mawdsley and Winston Churchill. After winning, Runciman is reported to have commented to Churchill: "Don't worry, I don't think this is the last the country has heard of either of us." The following year in the 1900 general election Churchill stood against Runciman again and defeated him.
Runciman soon returned to Parliament for Dewsbury in a by-election in January 1902 and steadily rose through the ranks of the Liberal Party. A progressive, centrist reformer, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1905, a post he held until 1907. Runciman's friends in Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet were Sydney Buxton, Charles Hobhouse and John Morley all on the left.
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