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Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood

British Conservative politician (1880-1959) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 79

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Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, more commonly known as Sir Samuel Hoare, was a senior British Conservative politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s.

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1959Died7 May 19591934Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of IndiaAward1927Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireAward1917Companion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1880Born24 February 1880

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Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India1934
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire1927
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George1917

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Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, more commonly known as Sir Samuel Hoare, was a senior British Conservative politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s. He was ambitious and his expedience and flexibility gave him a reputation for being unprincipled and two-faced, being nicknamed "Slippery Sam" or "Soapy Sam".

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United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1959 · aged 79

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