Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank
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 |