Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George : The Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth MP, 1909-22 Hardback
Edited by Andrew (University of Exeter) Thorpe, Richard (University of Exeter) Toye
Part of the Camden Fifth Series series
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Cecil Bisshop Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948), was the younger brother of the press proprietors Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rothermere.
Although he played a role in the early development of the Harmsworth journalistic empire, Cecil chose a political career.
He served as Liberal MP for Droitwich from 1906 to 1910, and for Luton from 1911 to 1922.
After holding a number of minor government positions under Asquith, Harmsworth became a member of Lloyd George's War Cabinet Secretariat in 1917, and from 1919 to 1922 served as Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office.
Harmsworth's diary forms a highly readable record of the politics of the period, detailing late-night Commons sittings and the rough and tumble of the campaign trail, as well as giving skilful pen-portraits of the major figures of the day.
Northcliffe complained that Harmsworth lacked the ambition to make it to the front rank of politics, but his diary is a fascinating source.
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- Pages:367 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2016
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- ISBN:9781107162457
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:367 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2016
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- ISBN:9781107162457
