Runciman
RIGHT HON. WAL- TER, a British public official. He was born at South Shields, England, in 1870, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became connected with several shipping organizations and from 1896 to 1905 was a managing director of the Moor Line of cargo steamships. In 1898 he contested Gravesend for a seat in the House of Commons, and in the following year was elected to represent Oldham as a liberal. In 1902 he was elected M. P. for Dewsbury, and represented that constituency till 1916. In 1905-7 he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board; 1907-8, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; 1908-11, President of the Board of Education; 1914-16, President of the Board of Trade.