| The Right Honourable The Lord Mabane KBE, PC |
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| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Philip Noel-Baker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1895 |
| Died | 16 November 1969 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Louise Tanton (2) Stella Duggan |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane KBE, PC (12 January 1895 – 16 November 1969), known as Sir William Mabane between 1954 and 1962, was a British businessman and politician.
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The son of Joseph Greenwood Mabane and Margaret (née Steele) of Leeds, he was educated at Woodhouse Grove School and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He served in the Near East and France in World War I as a captain in the East Yorkshire Regiment, where he was wounded and mentioned in despatches.[1] He later became a businessman and merchant.
Mabane was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield from 1931 until losing his seat in 1945.[1][2] He entered the government as Assistant Postmaster-General under Neville Chamberlain in September 1939, an office he only held until October, when he was made Minister for Home Security. When Winston Churchill succeeded Chamberlain as Prime Minister in May 1940, Mabane was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Department, a post he held jointly with Ellen Wilkinson from October of that year. He later served under Churchill as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food from 1942 to 1945 and as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between May and July 1945.
Mabane's exact party label was confused for much of his time in the Commons. His local Liberal association was affiliated to the official Liberals until 1939, but Mabane was frequently listed as being a National Liberal, which he repeatedly sought to deny, despite supporting the National Government when the official Liberals ceased to.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1944 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1954.[3] In 1962 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mabane, of Rye in the County of Sussex.[4] Apart from his political career he was also Chairman (1960–1963) and President (1964–1966) of the British Travel Association.
Lord Mabane was twice married. He married firstly Louise, daughter of E. Tanton, in 1918. They were divorced in 1926. He married secondly Stella Jane, daughter of J. Duggan, in 1944. He died in November 1969, aged 74, when the barony became extinct.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Hindle Hudson |
Member of Parliament for Huddersfield 1931–1945 |
Succeeded by Joseph Mallalieu |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Walter Womersley |
Assistant Postmaster-General September 1940–October 1940 |
Succeeded by Charles Waterhouse |
| Preceded by Alan Lennox-Boyd |
Minister for Home Security 1939–1940 |
Succeeded by Sir John Anderson |
| New office | Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Department with Ellen Wilkinson October 1940–June 1942 May 1940–June 1942 |
Succeeded by Ellen Wilkinson |
| Preceded by Gwilym Lloyd George |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1942–1945 |
Succeeded by Florence Horsbrugh |
| New office | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1945 |
Succeeded by Philip Noel-Baker |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Mabane 1962–1969 |
Extinct |