was Ernest Brown talking to Scotland, Baldwin said "Why doesn't he use the telephone?" References Bibliography Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006) External links Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Ernest Brown MP, 1881–1962 1881 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Baptists Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Chamberlain peacetime government, 1937–1939 Ministers in the Chamberlain wartime government, 1939–1940 Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians Politicians from Torquay Recipients of the Military Cross Scottish Baptists Scottish Liberal Party MPs Secretaries of State for Scotland Somerset Light Infantry officers UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 British Army personnel of World War I Royal Fusiliers soldiers