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Sir Howard Kingsley Wood (19 August 1881 – 21 September 1943) was a British Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance.
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May 4, 2018 · Sir Kingsley Wood, 1940-43. Conservative, in Churchill’s wartime National Government. Wood, the son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, was educated in a Methodist school and he remained an active Wesleyan all his life.
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was a Conservative politician who steered the British economy during much of World War 2. He is perhaps best known for introducing pay as you earn (PAYE), the system of tax on income that’s still in use today.
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he ran a law firm before becoming a member of the London County Council and then a Member of Parliament. He died in office as Winston Churchill’s wartime Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the day he was to announce the PAYE scheme.
DEATH OF SIR KINGSLEY WOOD. HC Deb 22 September 1943 vol 392 cc211-9 211. § The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) I revert to the painful event which was made known yesterday, namely, the sudden death of our Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood. He was a very old Member of the House.
3 October 1940: Sir John Anderson succeeds Chamberlain as Lord President and joins the war cabinet. Sir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ernest Bevin, the Minister of Labour, also enter the war cabinet. Lord Halifax assumes the additional job of Leader of the House of Lords.
