CUNLIFFE-LISTER, SIR PHILIP ), British statesman, was born on May 1, 1884, at Ayton, Yorkshire. The youngest son of Lt.-Col. Yarburgh G. Lloyd Greame, he assumed by royal warrant the name of Cunliffe-Lister in Dec. 1924. He was educated at Winchester and University college, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1908. During the World War he served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, attaining the rank of major. Elected Conservative member for Hendon in 1918, he was chair man of the labour committee of the War Cabinet, and served on other important Government committees. He was parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade and of the Overseas Trade De partment in the Lloyd George Coalition Government; was presi dent of the Board of Trade 1922-23, and 1931; and colo nial secretary 1931 to July, when he became secretary of state for air. He was created Viscount Swinton in November,