Sir (Howard) Kingsley Wood
(1881-1943), Politician; Chancellor of the ExchequerSitter associated with 45 portraits
Wood was articled to a solicitor, qualified in 1903 and set up his own City practice specialising in industrial insurance law, which later became Kingsley Wood, Williams, Murphy, and Ross. He entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1918 and became Parliamentary Private Secretary to several ministers of health. Subsequently Wood was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the Conservative Government from 1924 to 1929. In the National Government under Ramsay MacDonald in 1931, he served as Postmaster General, Minister of Health, Secretary of State for Air and finally as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Winston Churchill, before dying unexpectedly at the age of sixty-two.
by Peter Lambda
bronze head, 1982, based on a work of 1939
NPG 5480
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1940
NPG P869(23)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 October 1920
NPG x19259
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 March 1922
NPG x121410
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 March 1922
NPG x121411
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 March 1922
NPG x121412
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 18 June 1935
NPG x151437
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 18 June 1935
NPG x151438
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 18 June 1935
NPG x151439
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 18 June 1935
NPG x151440
Sir (Howard) Kingsley Wood trying out a dentist's chair at a public health exhibition
by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 16 November 1936
NPG x88277
by Howard Coster
print, 1938
NPG x2387
by Walter Stoneman
negative, June 1941
NPG x8388
by Tom Cottrell
chromolithographic cigarette card, 1929
NPG D2840
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 October 1920
NPG x19258
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 9 February 1928
NPG x42334
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 9 February 1928
NPG x42335
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 7 January 1932
NPG x48011
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