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Frederick Kellaway

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Frederick Kellaway
Kellaway in 1921
Postmaster General
In office
1 April 1921 – 31 October 1922
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byAlbert Illingworth
Succeeded byNeville Chamberlain
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office
2 April 1920 – 1 April 1921
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byHamar Greenwood
Succeeded byPhilip Lloyd-Greame
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions
In office
14 December 1916 – 2 April 1920
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byChristopher Addison
Succeeded byPosition Vacant
Member of Parliament
for Bedford
In office
19 December 1910 – 15 November 1922
Preceded byWalter Attenborough
Succeeded byRichard Wells
Personal details
BornFrederick George Kellaway
(1870-12-03)3 December 1870
Died13 April 1933(1933-04-13) (aged 62)
PartyLiberal (Before 1916, 1923–1933)
Other political
affiliations
Coalition Liberal (1916–1922)
National Liberal (1922–1923)
Parent
  • William Hamley Kellaway (father)
OccupationJournalist

Frederick George Kellaway PC (3 December 1870 – 13 April 1933), often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and member of parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922.

Early life and career

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Kellaway's father, William Hamley Kellaway, had a joinery and picture frame business in Bristol, where Frederick was born. He became a journalist and then edited a number of local newspapers in Lewisham, before being elected to Parliament in 1910.

Political career

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Kellaway served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions 1916–1920; Secretary for Overseas Trade 1920–1921; and Postmaster General 1921–1922 in the Coalition Government 1916-1922.

He was appointed to the Privy Council in the 1920 Birthday Honours.

Personal life and death

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Following his political career, Kellaway became managing director of Marconi.

Kellaway died on 13 April 1933, aged 62, and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Tatsfield, Surrey.

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