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William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877 - 1960) was a British Liberal MP who later joined the Labour Party and served as Secretary of State for India in Ramsay MacDonald's second administration. In 1940 he was created Viscount Stansgate and in 1945 he became Secretary of State for Air under Clement Attlee. On his death he was succeeded as Viscount Stansgate by his second son Tony Benn.
He was son of the liberal politician John Williams Benn.
| Preceded by: The Viscount Peel | Secretary of State for India 1929—1931 | Followed by: Sir Samuel Hoare |
| Preceded by: Harold Macmillan | Secretary of State for Air 1945—1946 | Followed by: Philip Noel-Baker |
| Preceded by: New Creation | Viscount Stansgate | Followed by: Tony Benn |
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