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William Adamson ( 1863– 1936) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and worked as a miner in Fife where he became involved with the National Union of Mineworkers. Active with the new Labour Party he was first elected to Parliament in 1910 and became leader of the party in 1917, a position he held until 1921. Adamson served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the Labour governments of Ramsay MacDonald, splitting with MacDonald when he formed the National Government. Adamson lost his seat in the 1931 election which he contested for Labour against MacDonald's coalition.

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Arthur Henderson 		Leader of the British Labour Party
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John Robert Clynes
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Sir John GilmourJohn Gilmour ( 1876- 1940) was a British Conservative politician who was the first Secretary of State for Scotland. He later served as Minister of Shipping during the early months of the Second World War but died in office in 1940. Gilmour, John Gilmour, 		Secretary of State for Scotland
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Sir Archibald SinclairArchibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (then Sir Archibald Sinclair ( October 22 1890- June 15 1970) was leader of the UK Liberal Party from 1935 until 1945. Sinclair served on the Western Front during the First World War and rose to the

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