John Anderson 1st Viscount Waverley GCB OM GCSI FRS GCIE PC PC (Ireland) (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a British civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the Cabinet during the Second World War for which he was nicknamed The Home Front Prime Minister. He served as Home Secretary Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer and Anderson shelters are named after him.
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active years end date
1940-10-03, 1943-09-24, 1945-07-26
active years start date
1939-09-04, 1940-10-03, 1943-09-24
birth date
1882-07-08
birth place
Edinburgh, Scotland, Dalkeith
death date
1958-01-04
order in office
Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council, Chancellor of the Exchequer
