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CodeDS/UK/2657
NameInskip; Sir; Thomas Walker Hobart (1876-1947); 1st Viscount Caldecote; British politician
Dates1876-1947
GenderMale
BiographyThomas 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.

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