Talk:Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton

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Why did not he contest it? Was he expecting to created a peer, or was he intending to retire?--Anglius 19:59, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

There isn't much on his career as Secretary of State for Air as he pushed through development of the Spitfire and the Home Chain radar defences which laid the basis for victory in the Battle of Britain.Bedwasboy (talk) 22:23, 6 July 2008 (UTC)