Amery, L. S. (Leopold Stennett), 1873-1955

1897-1912 fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford; 1899-1909 on the The Times editorial staff; 1911-1945 Member of Parliament for South Birmingham (later Sparkbrook); 1914-1916 served in Flanders and the Near East; 1917-1918 on the staff of the War Council, Versailles; 1919-1921 Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies; 1921-1922 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty; 1922-1924 First Lord of the Admiralty; 1924-1929 Secretary of State for the Colonies; 1925-1929 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; 1940-1945 Secretary of State for India and for Burma.

Epithet: politician and journalist

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