Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne
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The Right Honourable The Lord Crathorne TD PC |
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| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
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In office 5 November 1951 – 28 July 1954 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Tom Williams |
| Succeeded by | Derick Heathcoat Amory |
| Member of Parliament for Richmond | |
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In office 30 May 1929 – 8 October 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Murrough John Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Kitson |
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| Born | 20 July 1897 |
| Died | 26 March 1977 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Thomas Lionel Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, TD, PC (20 July 1897 – 26 March 1977), known as Sir Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baronet, from 1945 to 1959, was a British Conservative Party politician. A government minister, he resigned over the Crichel Down Affair, often quoted as a classic example of the convention of individual ministerial responsibility.
Thomas Dugdale was the son of Captain James Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne Hall near Yarm in Yorkshire. His grandfather John Dugdale (died 1881) was from a family of Lancashire cotton manufacturers, and had bought the Crathorne estate in 1844.
Dugdale was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Army in 1916, serving with the Scots Greys in World War I and the Yorkshire Hussars in the Second World War.
In 1929, Dugdale was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond, North Yorkshire, where he remained until 1959. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to several ministers, including Stanley Baldwin, and Deputy Chief Whip. He was later Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chairman of the Party's Agricultural Committee. He was made a baronet in the 1945 New Year Honours "for political and public services".
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