The earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the County of York (1935), and Baron Masham, of Ellington in the County of York (1955).
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1884-1972), known as Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.
During the Second World War Swinton's career revived when he was appointed as the first Minister of Civil Aviation, a post he held until the end of the war.
When in 1955 Churchill retired, Swinton insisted on retiring too, and he was further enobled as the Earl of Swinton.
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