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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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 NERFINISHED
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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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