The Right Honourable Sir Tudor Walters |
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Paymaster-General | |
In office 26 October 1919 – 19 October 1922 |
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Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
In office 4 September 1931 – 5 November 1931 |
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Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Vacant |
Succeeded by | The Lord Rochester |
Personal details | |
Born | 1868 |
Died | 16 July 1933 (aged 65) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Sir John Tudor Walters PC (1868 – 16 July 1933), was a British architect, surveyor and Liberal Party politician. He served as Paymaster-General under David Lloyd George from 1919 to 1922 and once again briefly in 1931 under Ramsay MacDonald.
Walters was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside at the 1906 general election and was knighted in 1912. He served as Paymaster-General in the Government of David Lloyd George from 1919 to 1922 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1919. He lost his seat at Sheffield at the 1922 general election. He tried unsuccessfully to get back into the House of Commons in 1923 at Pudsey and Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He did however return to Parliament at the 1929 general election as Liberal MP for the Cornish seat of Penryn and Falmouth. He was once again briefly Paymaster-General from September to November 1931 under Ramsay MacDonald. He stood down from parliament at the 1931 general election.