Eric Geddes
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title:
Eric Geddes
text:
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".
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British politician (1875–1937)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Geddes
date created:
2005-03-26T23:20:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T17:20:16Z
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