He had previously represented Islington West in the House of Commons and served as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1929 to 1931.
He notably served as Under-Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922 in the coalition government of David Lloyd George.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air, praised the excellent quality of the reinforcements coming to the RAF from the RATG.
He represented Peckham in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1931 to 1936 and briefly served as Under-Secretary of State for Air in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government.
He served under Edward Heath as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1973 to 1974 and as Joint Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force in 1974.
It was created in 1952 for the Scottish Liberal politician and former Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet.
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When the Second World War broke out, the new Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain formed a small War Cabinet, and it was expected that Chatfield would serve as a spokesperson for the three service ministers, the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air; however political considerations resulted in all three posts being included in the Cabinet, and Chatfield's role proved increasingly redundant.
Wood was succeeded, upon being appointed Secretary of State for Air in May 1938, by Bernays's old friend and occasional political patron Walter Elliot.
It was created in 1942 for the Labour politician and former Secretary of State for India and Secretary of State for Air, William Wedgwood Benn.