The Henson Journals
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery
Leopold Stennett [Leo] Amery (1873-1955; ODNB), journalist, politician, and ardent imperialist and tariff reformer. Balliol Coll., Oxford; fellow, All Souls Coll., Oxford, 1897-1912, 1939-55. MP (U) Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 1911-45; assistant in the Cabinet office 1917, helping to draft the Balfour Declaration, 1917; junior coalition minister 1919-21; first lord of the admiralty, 1922-3; secretary of state for the colonies, 1924-9; early convert to 'dominion status' for India; secretary of state for India and for Burma, 1940-5. See also Volume 72, 73.
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