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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.
6 de may. de 2020 · Brendan Randell Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken PC (15 February 1901 – 8 August 1958) was an Irish businessman and a minister in the British Conservative cabinet. Primarily, the 1st Viscount Bracken is remembered for opposing the Bank of England's co-operation with Adolf Hitler, and for subsequently supporting Winston Churchill's prosecution of ...
27 de jun. de 2009 · Bracken became First Lord of the Admiralty in the Caretaker cabinet formed by Churchill to govern until the 1945 election. He was a leading Conservative spokesman at the general election, at which Churchill led the charge, raising scares that Labour would set up a totalitarian state.
1 de jul. de 2016 · Brendan Bracken, Winston Churchill’s closest friend in politics and minister of information in his wartime government, is unique as the only person brought up as an Irish Catholic to have...
In 1945, Bracken became First Lord of the Admiralty and Chairman of the Union Corporation. In 1945, Bracken lost his North Paddington seat but was elected later that year to Bournemouth East and Christchurch (until 1951). Viscount Bracken of Christchurch, created in January 1952, never took his seat in the Lords. He died on 8 August 1958.
In December 1951, when Churchill was again prime minister, Bracken declined an invitation to serve as colonial secretary, pleading that his recurring sinusitis made it impossible. He resigned his seat in the commons and was created a peer, Viscount Bracken of Christchurch in Hampshire, but never took his seat in the lords.
Bracken, Brendan Rendall, (1901-1958), 1st Viscount Bracken, politician and publisher. This page summarises records created by this Person.
