biography
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Beaverbrook (of Beaverbrook and of Cherkley), (William) Max(well) Aitken, Baron
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| (1879–1964)
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| biography:
| Politician and newspaper magnate, born in Maple, Ontario, SE Canada. He moved to Britain in 1910, entered parliament (1911–16), and became private secretary to Bonar Law. When Lloyd-George became premier, he was made minister of information (1918). In 1919 he took over the Daily Express, which he made into the most widely-read daily newspaper in the world. He founded the Sunday Express (1921) and bought the Evening Standard (1929). In World War 2 Churchill successfully harnessed Beaverbrook's dynamic administrative powers to the production of much-needed aircraft. He was made minister of supply (1941–2), minister of production (1942), Lord Privy Seal (1943–5), and lend-lease administrator in the USA. |
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