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About Eric Geddes
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes was a British businessman and Conservative politician. With a background in railways, he served as head of Military Transportation on the Western Front, with the rank of major-general. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919. He then served as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921, in which position he was responsible for the deep public spending cuts known as the "Geddes Axe".
Everything about Eric Geddes →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Transport
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- September 26, 1875
- Died
- June 22, 1937