Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, (27 March 1885 – 7 June 1961) was a British Liberal then Labour politician. He was Minister of Civil Aviation under

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between 1945 and 1946 and Governor of Cyprus between 1946 and 1949.

Political career

Following service during the First World War as a Royal Navy officer Fletcher was elected as Liberal

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(MP) for

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in 1923 by 348 votes but lost the seat in 1924. In 1935 he was elected as Labour MP for

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. He was raised to the

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as Baron Winster, of Witherslack in the County of Westmorland, in 1942 and made a

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in 1945. From 1945 to 1946 he was Minister of Civil Aviation in the government of

. The latter year he was appointed Governor of Cyprus, a position he held until 1949.

Personal life

Lord Winster died in 1961 at the age of 76 in the

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Rural District,

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. The peerage became extinct on his death.

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* * 1885 births 1961 deaths Fletcher, Reginald Fletcher, Reginald Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Fletcher, Reginald Fletcher, Reginald UK MPs who were granted peerages Governors of British Cyprus Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Royal Navy officers Royal Navy officers of World War I Labour Party (UK) hereditary peers Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 Barons created by George VI {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub