Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead
British biographer and Member of the House of Lords (1907–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 – 10 June 1975) was a British biographer and Member of the House of Lords. He is best known for writing a biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipling family for many years, and which he never lived to see in print.
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The Earl of Birkenhead | |
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Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
In office 5 November 1951 – 28 January 1955 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | The Lord Burden |
Succeeded by | The Lord Chesham |
In office 12 July 1938 – 10 May 1940 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
Preceded by | The Earl of Munster |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Clifden |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 30 September 1930 – 10 June 1975 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Earl of Birkenhead |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Earl of Birkenhead |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith (1907-12-07)7 December 1907 |
Died | 10 June 1975(1975-06-10) (aged 67) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Sheila Berry (m. 1935) |
Children | |
Education | |
Writing career | |
Notable works | Rudyard Kipling (1978) |
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