Brendan Bracken

The Right Honourable The Viscount Bracken PC
Brendan Bracken, 1947. Photographer: Yousuf Karsh, Ottawa.
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	A. V. Alexander
Succeeded by	A. V. Alexander
Minister of Information
In office 20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Duff Cooper
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Lloyd
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 1940–1941
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Lord Dunglass
Succeeded by	George Harvie-Watt
Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East and Christchurch Bournemouth (1945–1950)
In office 15 November 1945 – 7 January 1952
Preceded by	Leonard Lyle
Succeeded by	Nigel Nicolson
Member of Parliament for Paddington North
In office 30 May 1929 – 5 July 1945
Preceded by	William Perring
Succeeded by	Noel Mason-MacFarlane
Personal details
Born	15 February 1901 (1901-02-15) Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	8 August 1958 (1958-08-09) (aged 57) London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Brendan Rendall Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken, PC (15 February 1901 – 8 August 1958) was an Irish-born businessman, politician and a minister in the British Conservative cabinet. He is best remembered for supporting Winston Churchill during the Second World War. He was also the founder of the modern version of the Financial Times.^[1] He was Minister of Information from 1941 to 1945.