Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor

The Right Honourable
The Lord Parmoor
KCVO PC KC
The Right Honourable The Lord Parmoor KCVO PC KC
Leader of the House of Lords
	In office; 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Reading
Lord President of the Council
	In office; 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Earl of Balfour
Succeeded by	Stanley Baldwin
	In office; 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 16 January 1914 – 30 June 1941; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Lord Parmoor
Member of Parliament; for Wycombe
	In office; 10 February 1910 – 16 January 1914
Preceded by	Arnold Herbert
Succeeded by	William Baring du Pré
Member of Parliament; for Stretford
	In office; 26 February 1901 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by	Sir John Maclure, 1st Baronet
Succeeded by	Harry Nuttall
Member of Parliament; for Stroud
	In office; 7 August 1895 – 24 October 1900
Preceded by	David Brynmor Jones
Succeeded by	Charles Allen
Personal details
Born	3 October 1852
Died	30 June 1941 (aged 88)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative ; Labour
Spouse(s)	(1) Theresa Potter (d. 1893) ; (2) Marian Ellis (d. 1952)
Children	4, including Stafford
Relatives	Peggy Cripps (granddaughter); Kwame Anthony Appiah (great-grandson)
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor, KCVO, PC, KC (3 October 1852 – 30 June 1941) was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England causes.

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