The new Secretary for War, Capt. Allred Dull Cooper, eft the Grene flier Guards © few years ago to em-Lark on a political career as member for Oldham and afterwards for St, George's, Westminster. He had odd work inthe House and finally secured preferment os Finance Member of the Army Council. In this post he had to dear with the Estimates and [His masterly exposition of them and plain warning that we had reached the danger limit of reduction, earned him the confidence of the House at once, Committed to an increase, the Cabinet found his popularity easing the way in the demand for "more money and it became evident from hat time that he was an embryo War Minister.
The customary, "Would you Ike to stay on?" having elicited from Lord Halifax that he would not, the way was clear for the young Guardsman to assume Cabinet rank and Introduce the increased 1936 Estimates, His opposite number at the Admiralty, [Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell, having [been a commander in the Royal Navy, we now have the senior services, in he hands of a professional ¢oldier "The new War Minister's oMciat exer Is og followe:—
Eton College Cadet. 1905, Foreign office. Clerk ins Lieut, Grenadier Guards ole Privaie Secretary, Foreign "Office 1022 Firat Secretary, Foreign OMice s+ 1924 House. of Commons. sv.
Member of the Army Council Financial Secretary Treasury Secretary for War vsscseesss Major General for Japan It is Interecting to note that, our military attache at Tokyo is to be Major General (Francis Piggott), 0 most unusual thing as our attache In Paris, Rome, Hedin, Moscow and Washington are colonels. There Is a sentiment in the new appointment as Major.-Gen, Piggott's father held it, but all the same we need a senior officer in Japan now that we have no ireer touch with the Japanese authories in council at Geneva, Maj-Gen. Piggott is a Sapper, born 1065, educated at Cheltenham, and gazetted to the R. E. in 1901, His frat special billet was in Tokyo dur~ ing the Russo-Japanese war and he was afterwards. attached to the Embassy, having qualified as an me terpreter in Japanese of the first class, as Well as knowing various Chinese dialects. In 1021, he was with the suite of the Crown Prince of Japan during the visit to England fend as a result he wag military ate tache at Tokyo for neatly five years. He was decorated by the Emperor, Amony the many uppointements thai hho has held were membership of the Washington Naval Conference (1921) and Depuly Military Secretary to the War Minister in Whitehall. (1930-35).
His pather, Sir Frances Piggott, was [Chief Justice of Hongkong.
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