Prime Minister reappoints Trustee to Imperial War Museum

Professor Sir Hew Strachan has been reappointed as a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum for a period of 4 years from 1 March 2014 to 28 February 2018. Professor Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University, and Fellow of All Souls. He was previously Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1975-8; Senior Lecturer in War Studies, RMA Sandhurst 1978-79; Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1979-1992 (Life Fellow 1992-date); Professor of Modern History, University of Glasgow 1992-2001.

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War. The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914. As of 2012, the museum aims 'to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and "wartime experience"'

The Imperial War Museum is an executive non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, from which it receives financial support in the form of a grant-in-aid. The governance of the museum is the responsibility of a Board of Trustees, originally established by the Imperial War Museum Act 1920, later amended by the Imperial War Museum Act 1955 and the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 and other relevant legislation. The board comprises a president (currently Prince Edward, Duke of Kent) who is appointed by the sovereign, and fourteen members appointed in varying proportions by the Prime Minister, and the Foreign, Defence, and Culture Secretaries. Seven further members are Commonwealth High Commissioners appointed ex officio by their respective governments.