William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877–1960), British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party
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Currie stood in the new Leith seat as a supporter of David Lloyd George's coalition government, but lost fairly narrowly to the Liberal candidate, William Wedgwood Benn.
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.