Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alfred Scott
Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne
19101916
Succeeded by
Albert Stanley
Political offices
New office Minister of Information
1918
Succeeded by
The Lord Downham
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Cawley
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1918
New office Minister of Aircraft Production
1940–1941
Succeeded by
John Moore-Brabazon
Preceded by
Sir Andrew Duncan
Minister of Supply
1941–1942
Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Duncan
New office Minister of War Production
1942
Succeeded by
Oliver Lyttelton
as Minister of Production
Preceded by
Viscount Cranborne
Lord Privy Seal
1943–1945
Succeeded by
Arthur Greenwood
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Beaverbrook
1917–1964
Succeeded by
John William Maxwell Aitken
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Cherkley) 
1916–1964
Succeeded by
John William Maxwell Aitken