Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton

The Right Honourable The Earl of Swinton GBE CH MC PC
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office 24 November 1952 – 7 April 1955
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The Earl of Home
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 31 October 1951 – 24 November 1952
Monarchs	George VI Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough
Succeeded by	The Earl of Woolton
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 8 October 1944 – 26 July 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	The Lord Winster
Secretary of State for Air
In office 7 June 1935 – 16 May 1938
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Marquess of Londonderry
Succeeded by	Kingsley Wood
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	James Henry Thomas
Succeeded by	Malcolm MacDonald
President of the Board of Trade
In office 25 August 1931 – 5 November 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	William Graham
Succeeded by	Walter Runciman
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sidney Webb
Succeeded by	William Graham
In office 24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Stanley Baldwin
Succeeded by	Sidney Webb
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	F G Kellaway
Succeeded by	Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
In office 22 August 1920 – 1 April 1921
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	William Bridgeman
Succeeded by	William Mitchell-Thomson
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 4 December 1935 – 27 July 1972 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Earl of Swinton
Member of Parliament for Hendon
In office 14 December 1918 – 25 October 1935
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Reginald Blair
Personal details
Born	(1884-05-01)1 May 1884 East Ayton, Yorkshire, England
Died	27 July 1972(1972-07-27) (aged 88) Swinton, Yorkshire, England
Resting place	Masham, Yorkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Mary Boynton (died 1974)
Alma mater	Winchester College

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, GBE, CH, MC, PC (1 May 1884 – 27 July 1972), known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton between 1935 and 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s. He was notable through the 1940s and 1950s as being firstly the Minister for Aviation, and then being on the steering committee for the Convention on International Civil Aviation. he retired from politics in 1955 and his status was raised to an earldom.