Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-27 | Page 5 | Earl Stanhope Appointed Lord of British Admiralty

Earl Stanhope Appointed Lord of British Admiralty Sate tr ry n J 1 r tf f t v Q r s ss s 7 n v vr r o t fy rt t rS t a r 1 s IN EARL STANHOPE Alfred Duff Cooper LONDON Oct 27 UP Earl P-Earl Earl Stanhope Stanhope Stanhope Stan Stan- hope president of the board of education education education edu edu- cation was named first lord of the admiralty today to succeed Alfred Duff Cooper who resigned October 1 because of distrust of Prime Minister Chamberlains Chamberlain's foreign policy pol pol- icy Earl de la Warr lord privy seal I was named president of the board of education succeeding the new first lord of the admiralty in a re reshuffle reshuffle reshuffle re- re shuffle of cabinet ministries Both already were in the cabinet Prime Minister Chamberlain I therefore still had two vacancies to fill He deferred appointment of a successor to Earl d de la laVarr Warr Varr as old lord privy seal and to the late Lord Stanley whose death October 16 left the of dominions va va- cant It was understood however that I Malcolm Macdonald colonial secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary would combine the dominions with his own portfolio for the time being The appointments were interpreted interpreted interpreted inter inter- generally as stop-gap stop assign assign- ments They were believed to re reflect reflect reflect re- re the prime ministers minister's laded laded- indecision indecision sion slon concerning a proposed general cabinet reshuffle that I Include include include in In- clude new defense departments to direct a projected armaments speed- speed u u. u The appointments were announced announced announced an an- after a summons for a meeting of ministers which caused surprise because of hints yesterday that there would be no further ministerial ministerial min min- sessions before parliament reconvenes next Tuesday The naming of Lord Stanhope a peer to such an important cabinet position led to expectations of new criticism from the house of commons commons commons com com- mons although it did not increase the total of seven lords in the 22 member cabinet