Liberal MP for Hoxton Jan 1910-1918; Shoredich 1918-1922; Labour MP for Swindon 1929-1931, 1934-1935
Minister of Munitions 1917-18, Minister of Reconstruction 1917-19, President of the Local Government Board 1919, Minister of Health 1919-21, Minister Without Portfolio 1921, Minister of Agriculture 1930-1931, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1945-47