John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley

• Born: 8 July 1882
• Died: 4 January 1958

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Chivalric Orders 6 Privy Council 7 Other Honours 8 Parliamentary Seats 9 Private Positions

Known asEdit

• 1882-1919 John Anderson
• 1919-1952 Sir John Anderson
• 1952-1958 The Viscount Waverley

EducationEdit

• George Watson's College for Boys
• Edinburgh University
• Leipzig University

OfficesEdit

• Secretary of the National Health Insurance Commission, 1913-1917
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping, 1917-1919
• Additonal Secretary to the Local Government Board, 1919
• Second Secretary to the Ministry of Health, 1919
• Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, 1919-1922
• Joint Under-Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1920-1922
• Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1922-1932
• Governor of Bengal, 1932-1937
• Lord Privy Seal, 1938-1939
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1939-1940
• Lord President of the Council, 1940-1943
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-1945
• Chairman of the United Kingdom Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy, 1945-1948

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Viscount Waverley, 1952

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1918
• Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, 1919
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1923
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1932
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, 1937

Privy CouncilEdit

• Irish Privy Councillor, 1920
• Privy Councillor, 1938

Other HonoursEdit

• Fellow of the Royal Society, 1948
• Member of the Order of Merit, 1957

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, 1938-1950

Private PositionsEdit

• Chairman of the Port of London Authority, 1946

Preceded by: Sir Samuel Hoare

Home Secretary 1939–1940

Succeeded by: Herbert Morrison