Photograph of AV Alexander, Co-operative politician 1960 (Co-operative Union Biographical Files)
Albert Victor Alexander (1885-1965), Earl of Hillsborough and Co-operative politician. Entered Parliament 1922 as Co-operative MP for Hillsborough. Served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Ramsey MacDonald, the Winston Churchill coalition and Clement Attlee. First Lord of the Admiralty 1929-31, 1940-47, Minister of Defence from 1947. In Parliament his name became synonymous with co‑operation.
