Lord Hankey is best known as the highly-efficient top aide to Prime Minister David Lloyd George and the War Cabinet, which directed Britain during the First World War.
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16 Facts About Lord Hankey
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Third son of R A Hankey, Maurice Hankey was born at Biarritz in 1877 and educated at Rugby School.
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Lord Hankey joined the Royal Marine Artillery, was promoted to captain and served in successive roles, including as coastal defence analyst in the War Division of the Naval Intelligence Department.
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Lord Hankey's youngest brother, Donald Hankey, was a soldier best known for a series of essays that he wrote while he served on the western front in World War I Donald died in action at the Somme.
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Lord Hankey died in 1963, aged 85, and was succeeded in his barony by his eldest son Robert.
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In 1908, Lord Hankey was appointed Naval Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence.
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Lord Hankey became Secretary to the Committee in 1912, a position that he would hold for the 26 years.
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Lord Hankey gained such a reputation for strong competency that when the full Cabinet was restored in 1919, the secretariat was retained, and Hankey then served as Secretary to the Cabinet for 19 years.
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Lord Hankey remained a respected figure and was often consulted by ministers and civil servants for advice.
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Lord Hankey was personally reluctant to take on the task but agreed to do so.
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Lord Hankey became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when Chamberlain was succeeded by Winston Churchill in May 1940 but was left out of Churchill's War Cabinet.
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In July 1941, Lord Hankey was moved to the position of Paymaster-General, but the following year, he was dropped from the Government altogether.
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Lord Hankey continued to hold other positions in both the public and private sector until his death.
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Lord Hankey kept a series of at times startlingly-detailed handwritten diaries throughout most of his years in government, including during his time as Secretary to the War Council and Imperial War Cabinet of the First World War.
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Lord Hankey was then promoted within the same order as a Knight Commander in 1916 and as a Knight Grand Cross in 1919.
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