William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate, was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. A decorated Royal Air Force officer, he was Secretary of State for India between 1929
William Wedgewood Benn
Viscount Stansgate
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Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the Labour politician, former Secretary of State for India and futu
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
…the internment of thousands of refugees under pressure from the military he spoke up for them in Parliament. In 1942, Benn was raised to the peerage as Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in the County of Essex. Two years later, he was appointed Vice President of the Allied Control Commission which was charged with…
Tony Benn, briefly and unwillingly 2nd Viscount Stansgate