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Kingsley Wood

Sir Howard Kingsley Wood (19 August 1891 - 21 September 1943) was a Conservative British politician. He was first elected to office as member of the London City Council in 1911, and was elected to parliament in 1918. He entered the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald in 1931, and served as Postmaster General, Minister of Health, Secretary of State for Air, and finally as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Winston Churchill, before dying unexpectedly in office in 1943.

Preceded by: Sir William Ormsby-Gore	Postmaster General 1931–1935	Followed by: Sir Edward Hilton-Young	Minister of Health 1935–1938	Followed by: The Viscount Swinton	Secretary of State for Air 1938–1940	Followed by: Sir Samuel Hoare
Preceded by: Sir Samuel Hoare	Lord Privy Seal 1940	Followed by: Clement Attlee
Preceded by: Sir John Simon	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1940–1943	Followed by: Sir John Anderson