PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF ASQUITH AND LLOYD GEORGE by Richard Toye (Editor), Andrew Thorpe (Editor) ( 9781107162457 )

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PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF ASQUITH AND LLOYD GEORGE
THE DIARIES OF CECIL HARMSWORTH MP, 1909-22

By:

Richard Toye (Editor), Andrew Thorpe (Editor)

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1107162459

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 June, 2016

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Camden Fifth Series 50

Pages:

367

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Cecil Harmsworth's diary is an account of his time as a Liberal MP under Herbert Asquith and Lloyd George.

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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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