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Mentioned in Despatches. Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat who was also a military and political historian.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich of Aldwick was a British politician. He served as a Conservative in Parliament (1924–29 and 1931–45). After a stint as secretary of state for war (1935–37), he became first lord of the Admiralty (1937) but resigned to protest the Munich agreement.
Duff Cooper was a British politician, diplomat, and author, who resigned from the Cabinet over the Munich Agreement and worked for closer ties with France. He wrote biographies of Talleyrand and Haig, and a novel based on Operation Mincemeat.
23 de oct. de 2005 · Dishing the dirt - about time too. Duff Cooper's frank and racy diaries are finally out. Robert McCrum on a vivid, fascinating and often distasteful portrait of the early 20th century. 'Keep...
Primary Sources Duff Cooper. Duff Cooper was born on 22nd February, 1890. After being educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he joined the Foreign Office.. During the First World War Cooper joined the British Army and as a Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, was sent to the Western Front in France in April 1917.. A member of the Conservative Party, Cooper was elected to the House of ...
10 de ene. de 2021 · How did Duff Cooper, a British MP and former admiralty chief, promote Britain's war effort and influence American public opinion during his controversial visit to the U.S. in 1939–40? This article examines the impact of his speeches, his contacts with influential Americans, and his lessons for British propaganda.
1 de dic. de 2007 · An insouciant rake, recognized—like the subject of his most famous book—for his charm, sparkling conversation, and extraordinary smoothness with women, Duff Cooper (1890–1954) aspired to ...
