English: November 1939: Standing, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty (1874 - 1965), Leslie Hore-Belisha , Secretary of State for War, (1893 - 1957) and Lord Hankey (without portfolio) (1877 - 1963). Front Row, Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary (1881 - 1959), Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873 - 1954), Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister (1869 - 1940, Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary (1880 - 1959) and Lord Chakfield, Co-ordination of Defence. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)
November 1939: Standing, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty (1874 - 1965), Leslie Hore-Belisha , Secretary of State for War, (1893 - 1957) and Lord Hankey (without portfolio) (1877 - 1963). Front Row, Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary (1881 - 1959), Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873 - 1954), Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister (1869 - 1940, Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary (1880 - 1959) and Lord Chakfield, Co-ordination of Defence. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)