Eric Geddes
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- Eric Geddes
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- September 26, 1875
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- Libra
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- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Politician, Business Leader
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Biography
Eric Geddes is 150 years old, a politician, from United Kingdom.
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (26 September 1875 – 22 June 1937) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. With a background in railways, he served as head of Military Transportation on the Western Front, with the rank of major-general. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty (with the rank of vice-admiral, despite its being a political position) between 1917 and 1919.
He then served as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921, in which position he was responsible for the deep public spending cuts known as the "Geddes Axe".
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Secretary of State for Transport
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member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom
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member of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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First Lord of the Admiralty
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Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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