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industry, and pro-empire think-tanks were adamant that Britain could not join a ‘United States of Europe’ if she wanted to preserve her Empire.3 The British government ended up diplomatically declining Briand’s invitation.4 The former Colonial and Dominions Secretary and stalwart imperi- alist, Leopold Amery (1873-1955) was one of the loudest voices raised in protest against British
Volume 1 of The Leo Amery Diaries, David Nicholson Volume 1 of The Leo Amery Diaries: Volume I: 1896-1929, Leopold Stennett Amery: Author: Leopold Stennett Amery: Editors: John Barnes, David Nicholson: Contributor: Leopold Stennett Amery: Publisher: Hutchinson, 1980: Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: Jun 13, 2008:
10 de ene. de 2003 · Abstract. Leopold Amery (1873-1955) is best-known as a lifelong champion of imperial preference and empire unity, and was an important figure in the Conservative party during the first half of the twentieth century. Yet Amery was also a man with an extraordinary secret, which this article explores. Amery's mother Elisabeth Leitner (née Saphir ...
Below is the text of a speech made in the House of Commons by Leo Amery on the 7th May 1940 criticising the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. The speech was considered important in the subsequent downfall of Chamberlain and his replacement as Prime Minister by Winston Churchill. May I say that I agree wholeheartedly with what just fell from ...
8 de ago. de 2017 · On August 10, India’s Secretary of State Leo Amery, working with the War Cabinet and other British leaders, announced the reason for the arrests of Gandhi and the Congress to the press.
In the introduction to his magisterial 1979 overview of the Boer War, Thomas Pakenham noted that the history of the conflict for the past seventy years had been dominated by two contemporary works; The Times History of the War in South Africa, edited by Leo Amery, and Sir Frederick Maurice’s (official) History of the War in South Africa. 1 Indeed, until Pakenham’s study, little serious ...
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery 1873 - September 16, 1955 Constituencies. Birmingham South May 3, 1911 - December 14, 1918; Birmingham Sparkbrook December 14, 1918 - July 5, 1945; Offices. Under-Secretary 1919 - 1921; Parliamentary Secretary 1921 - 1922; First Lord of the Admiralty 1922 - 1924; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924 - 1929; Minister 1940 - 1945 ...
