Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking
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Douglas Hewitt Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking
Early life and military career
Educated at
Political career
Hacking was elected as Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chorley Division of Lancashire in December 1918 and sat for the constituency until June 1945.
He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir James Craig at the Ministry of Pensions in 1920 and at the Admiralty from 1920 to 1921; then to Sir Laming Worthington-Evans as Secretary of State for War from 1921 to 1922. He was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1922 to 1924 and from November 1924 to December 1925; Conservative Whip, 1922–1925.
He held junior ministerial office as Parliamentary
He appointed to be a
He was created a Baronet, of Altham in the County Palatine of Lancaster in the
Other positions held
He was a member of Empire Parliamentary Delegation to South Africa, 1924; chairman of
Arms
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References
- ISSN 0038-2353.
- ^ "No. 31092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 13375". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1919. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 34892". The London Gazette. 9 July 1940. p. 4177.
- ^ Clewlow, Stuart (7 October 2021). "The Freedom of Chorley: Who were the people granted this title and were they really allowed to have grazing rights in the town?". The Chorley Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "No. 34529". The London Gazette. 8 July 1938. p. 4399.
- ^ "No. 33514". The London Gazette. 5 July 1929. p. 4433.
- ^ "No. 37166". The London Gazette. 6 July 1945. p. 3517.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.