Lieutenant-General
* 22nd of September 1885
† 26th of March 1959
1920-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1927-10-01 | Colonel |
1935-10-16 | Brigadier-General |
1940-06-08 | Major-General |
1943-03-20 | Lieutenant-General |
1940-03-01 | – | 1940-07-31 | Director of Munitions Fabrication, Ministry of Armaments |
1940-08-01 | – | 1940-09-07 | Secretary-General, Ministry of Armaments |
1940-09-07 | – | 1942-09-15 | Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Armaments |
1942-09-16 | – | 1944-08-23 | Minister of Armaments & War Production |
1945-03-22 | Retired | ||
1945-03-XX | – | 1946-05-17 | Arrested |
1946-05-17 | Condemned to life imprisonment | ||
1959-03-26 | Died in prison |