Parliament and politics in the age of Asquith and Lloyd George : the diaries of Cecil Harmsworth, MP, 1909-1922
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Parliament and politics in the age of Asquith and Lloyd George : the diaries of Cecil Harmsworth, MP, 1909-1922
（Camden fifth series, v. 50）
Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society, 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The diaries
- 1. 1909
- 2. 1910
- 3. 1911
- 4. 1912
- 5. 1913
- 6. 1914
- 7. 1915
- 8. 1916
- 9. 1917
- 10. 1918
- 11. 1919
- 12. 1920
- 13. 1921
- 14. 1922
- Index.
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