A. V. Alexander
Toronto Daily Star, August 13 1946
When not solving crosswords, Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885-1965) was serving as the First Lord of the Admiralty, a post he held three times: June 1929- August 1931, May 1940-May 1945, and August 1945-October 1946. Later in 1946, he was appointed Minister of Defense, a post that he held until 1950.
A Labour Party politician, he was head of that party's faction in the House of Lords until 1964. He passed away fourteen days before Winston Churchill did.
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