Leslie Hore-Belisha

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Leslie Hore-Belisha was a British Liberal and later National Government politician best known as Minister of Transport in the 1930s, where he introduced major road safety reforms including the 30 mph speed limit and the Belisha beacon.

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Baron Hore-Belisha 3
Leslie Hore-Belisha canonical 3
Hore-Belisha 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
government minister ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1893-09-07 ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
constituencyRepresented Plymouth Devonport ⓘ
linked to: Devonport
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
createdPeerage Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
deathDate 1957-02-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Clifton College ⓘ
Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) ⓘ
linked to: Sciences Po

St John’s College, Oxford ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
familyName Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
fullName Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
givenName Isaac ⓘ
Leslie ⓘ
honorificTitle Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
houseOfLordsMembership life peer ⓘ
implementedPolicy Road Traffic Act 1934 (United Kingdom) ⓘ
introduced 30 mph urban speed limit in the UK ⓘ
Belisha beacon ⓘ
knownFor introduction of 30 mph speed limit in built-up areas in the United Kingdom ⓘ
introduction of Belisha beacons at pedestrian crossings ⓘ
road safety reforms in the 1930s ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
National Government (UK) coalition ⓘ
National Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryRank officer ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
occupation politician ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Reims ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Minister of Transport of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
profession barrister ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
termEnd as Minister of Transport: 1937 ⓘ
as Secretary of State for War: 1940 ⓘ
termStart as Minister of Transport: 1934 ⓘ
as Secretary of State for War: 1937 ⓘ
workedUnder Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
linked to: Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
linked to: Ramsay MacDonald

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
linked to: Stanley Baldwin

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Labour Organisation → hasMember → Leslie Hore-Belisha ⓘ
Leslie Hore-Belisha → fullName → Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha → familyName → Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha → honorificTitle → Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha → nobleTitle → Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Leslie Hore-Belisha → createdPeerage → Baron Hore-Belisha ⓘ
linked to: Leslie Hore-Belisha
Belisha beacon → namedAfter → Leslie Hore-Belisha ⓘ