History and chronology of Walter Runciman Runciman, 1st in Great Britain

General

Government Liberal Party
Government National Government
Liberal Party

Events

Birth
Diplomacy
Election
Lord President
Minister Agriculture
Minister Education
Peerage
President
South Shields Shipping Company

Places

Hartlepool
Prague
Shoreston
Sudetenland

Walter Runciman Runciman, 1st History of Great Britain


1847	Birth
6th July Birth of Walter Runciman
1889	South Shields Shipping Company
Founds the South Shields Shipping Company, based in the port of South Shields
1906	Peerage
Created a Baronet
1908	Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of Education
1911	Minister of Agriculture
Appointed Minister of Agriculture
1914	Election
Hartlepool Elected Liberal MP for Hartlepool
1914	President
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 1st term
1931	President
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 2nd term
1933	Peerage
Shoreston Raised to the peerage as Baron Runciman of Shoreston
1938	Diplomacy
Heads the Commission of Inquiry into Czech
3rd Aug Prague Mediates between the Czech government & Sudetens
11th Aug Prague Benes opens negotiations with the Sudetens
16th Sep Sudetenland Recommends to cabinet the transfer of Sudetenland to Germany without a plebiscite
1938	Lord President
Appointed Lord President