William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (
1877 -
1960) was a
British Liberal MP who later joined the
Labour Party and served as
Secretary of State for India in
Ramsay MacDonald's second administration. In 1940 he was created
Viscount Stansgate and in 1945 he became
Secretary of State for Air under
Clement Atlee. On his death he was succeeded as Lord Stansgate by his son
Tony Benn.
He was son of the liberal politician John Williams Benn.
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