Description: Up for auction a RARE! "1st Baron of Selmeston" John Wilmot Hand Written Note. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. ES-1016B John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC (2 April 1893 – 22 July 1964) was a British Labour Party politician. He served under Clement Attlee as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946 and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947. Wilmot was educated at Hither Green central school, and went on to pursue evening classes at Chelsea Polytechnic and at King's College London. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East at a by-election in 1933, but lost his seat at the 1935 general election. He was elected as an alderman of London County Council in November 1937, remaining a member until 1945 He returned to the House of Commons at another by-election, in 1939 as MP for Kennington. Wilmot was re-elected to Parliament at the 1945 election for the Deptford constituency, and served in Clement Attlee's post-war government as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946, when that office was abolished, and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1945. He retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election and was raised to the peerage as Baron Wilmot of Selmeston, of Selmeston in the County of Sussex, on 30 January 1950. Lord Wilmot of Selmeston died on 22 July 1964, aged 71.
Price: 249.99 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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