SIGNED CIGARETTE CARD GEDDES (Sir Eric Campbell, 1875-1937, Businessman and Politician)

Coloured caricature from the John Players series of 50 entitled "Straight Line Caricatures", signed, with a small biography printed on the verso, 2¾" x 1¼", no place, circa

With a background in railways, he served as head of Military Transportation on the Western Front, with the rank of major-general. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty (with the rank of vice-admiral, despite its being a political position) between 1917 and 1919. He then served as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921, in which position he was responsible for the deep public spending cuts known as the "Geddes Axe".

Item Date:  1926

Stock No:  41378      £125

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