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Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank

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Captain Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank, PC (27 May 1893 – 17 October 1961), known as Harry Crookshank, was a British Conservative politician.

Crookshank was born in Cairo and educated at Eton College and Oxford University. In World War I he served in the Grenadier Guards. He then worked in the British Embassy in Washington DC until 1924.

Crookshank was Conservative MP for Gainsborough, 1924–56. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, 1934–5; Parliamentary Secretary, Mines, 1935–9; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1939–43; Postmaster General, 1943–5; Minister of Health, 1951–2; Lord Privy Seal, 1952–5; Leader of the House of Commons, 1951–5. He was raised to the peerage as the Viscount Crookshank in 1956, a title which became extinct upon his death.


Preceded by:
William Morrison
Postmaster General
1942–1945
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Listowel
Preceded by:
Hilary Marquand
Minister of Health
1951–1952
Succeeded by:
Iain Macleod
Preceded by:
James Chuter Ede
Leader of the House of Commons
1952–1955
Succeeded by:
Rab Butler
Preceded by:
The Marquess of Salisbury
Lord Privy Seal
1952–1955









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