Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

The Right Honourable The Viscount Runciman of Doxford PC
President of the Board of Education
In office 12 April 1908 – 23 October 1911
Monarchs	Edward VII George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Reginald McKenna
Succeeded by	Jack Pease
President of the Board of Agriculture
In office 23 October 1911 – 6 August 1914
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	The Earl Carrington
Succeeded by	The Lord Lucas
President of the Board of Trade
In office 5 August 1914 – 5 December 1916
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	John Burns
Succeeded by	Sir Albert Stanley
In office 5 November 1931 – 28 May 1937
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Succeeded by	Hon. Oliver Stanley
Lord President of the Council
In office 31 October 1938 – 3 September 1939
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded by	The Earl Stanhope
Personal details
Born	(1870-11-19)19 November 1870
Died	14 November 1949(1949-11-14) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal National Liberal
Spouse	Hilda Stevenson ​ (m. 1898)​
Children	5
Parent	Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (father)

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, PC (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949) was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was key to the enactment of the British policy of appeasement of Nazi Germany preceding the Second World War.