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    Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (/ˈhɔːr bəˈliːʃə/; né Isaac Leslie Belisha; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal...
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    Malta, New Zealand and Singapore. The beacons were named after Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957), the Minister of Transport who, in 1934, added beacons...
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  • Belisha may refer to: Leslie Hore-Belisha, a past UK Liberal Party politician Belisha beacon, named after him Belushi (disambiguation) Berisha (disambiguation)...
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    war; the other would-be peacemakers, in Wells' vision, included Leslie Hore Belisha, Ellen Wilkinson and Randolph Churchill. Cooper was married to Lady...
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    without Portfolio), and Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore-Belisha. Oliver Stanley replaced Hore-Belisha in January 1940 while Chatfield left the war cabinet...
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  • M[onsieur] Hore-Belisha to be a true Englishman". Henry "Chips" Channon, a "great friend of Leslie Hore-Belisha", referred to Hore-Belisha as "the Jew...
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    Ministers such as the illustrious Jewish Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore-Belisha. The Permanent Mandates Commission unanimously held that the White...
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    marked with Belisha beacons, which are flashing amber globes on black and white posts on each side of the road, named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Minister...
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  • the widow of Jacob Isaac Belisha (born 1862), the parents of the child who became Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha. He wrote 'War and Peace...
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    Kingdom passes an emergency military budget. The British War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha orders the War Office to begin the general mobilization of the British...
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