ALLIED LEADERS (20): Sir Samuel Hoare
HE new Secretary of State for Air, the Right Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, is back in the post he held from 1922 to 1929, and to a branch of defence which he has always
favoured. In 1927 he flew to the Middle East and India, and later wrote " India by Air," which described his experiences and his hopes for the future. Sir Samuel Hoare began his political career in 1905 as assistant private secretary to the Colonial Secretary, but he did not become a member of Parliament until five years later. During the war years he served in the army, and rose to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. His real political career began in 1922, when he became Secretary of State for Air. In 1931 he became Secretary of State for India; four years later he was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. By 1936 he was First Lord of the Admiralty, then Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and then, soon after war broke out, Lord Privy Seal, a post he has just relinquished. Sir Samuel has served on innumerable conferences and Royal Commissions — Electoral Reform, for example, and the Indian Round Table Conference. He is a champion skater, one of the few silver medallists out of the professional ranks, and he represented Oxford at racquets and tennis. His book "The Balanced Life" is concerned with the art of living. He is 60 years of age. -EEE
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 2
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244ALLIED LEADERS (20): Sir Samuel Hoare New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 2
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