Sir Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:politician
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Knight_of_the_Thistle
gptkbp:birthDate 1890-10-22
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robin_Sinclair,_2nd_Viscount_Thurso
gptkbp:createdPeerage 1952
gptkbp:deathDate 1970-06-15
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Sandhurst
gptkbp:father gptkb:Clarence_Sinclair
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Major
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mabel_Sands
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor service in Churchill's wartime coalition government
advocacy for air power and the Royal Air Force
leading the Liberal Party during World War II
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:soldier
gptkb:politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Caithness_and_Sutherland
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1922
1945
gptkbp:partyLeadershipEnd 1945
gptkbp:partyLeadershipStart 1935
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Air
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Herbert_Samuel
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Thurso,_Caithness,_Scotland
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marigold_Forbes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Clement_Davies
gptkbp:termEnd 1945
gptkbp:termStart 1940
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:1st_Viscount_Thurso
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sinclair_baronets
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso