March 1961
Lord Salter, after whom Salter House was named, was at the School from 1890-99, and was the first Treasurer of the Old Boys Club between 1903 and 1906.
He was a Scholar of Brazenose College and took a double first. He became an Honorary Fellow of his own college and Fellow of All Souls.
He had a distinguished career in the Civil Service. He was the junior MP for Oxford University from 1937 until university seats were abolished in 1951, after which he became MP for Ormskirk.
He sat in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1945 and Minister of State for Economic Affairs in 1951, and went to the House of Lords in 1953 as Baron Salter of Kidlington.
His literary works were extensive, and from 1933 to 1950 he held the Chair of Gladstone Professor of Political Theory and Institutions at Oxford University.
(Vol LIII ii, March 1961 No 171)