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Waverley, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley

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Waverley, John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882–1958)

British administrator, born in Scotland. He organized civil defence for World War II, becoming home secretary and minister for home security in 1939. Anderson shelters, home outdoor air-raid shelters, were named after him. He was chancellor of the Exchequer 1943–45. He was made a KCB in 1919, and Viscount in 1952.



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