ALLIED LEADERS (29): Mr. Duff Cooper
Cooper, the new Minister of Information, is taking an active part in his department’s activities. He personally broadcasts comment on the war situation. Soon his voice will be as well known as his photograph. Mr. Duff Cooper is a man of 50, only son of Sir Alfred Cooper, F.R.C.S., and Tc Right Hon. Alfred Duff
Lady Agnes Duff, a sister of the Ist Duke of Fife. At Oxford University he specialised in history. When the last war broke out he served in France with the Grenadier Guards, won the D.S.O., and was mentioned several times in despatches. In 1924 he won the Oldham seat and entered Parliament. He lost that seat in 1929, but won the St. George’s division of Westminster in 1931 and has held it ever since. From 1928 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1934 Mr. Duff Cooper was Financial Secretary to the War Office; from 19341935 he was Financial Secretary to the Treasury, leaving that post to become Secretary of State for War, which he held until 1937. After that he became First Lord of the Admiralty for a year, but resigned as a protest against the "appeasement" policy of Mr. Chamberlain. In 1919 Mr. Duff Cooper married Lady Diana Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland. As one of England’s great beauties she attracted considerable attention by going on the stage, and devoting some of her energy to journalism. Mr. Duff Cooper has written several books, including a life of Tallyrand and a life of Earl Haig. In recent years he has contributed political articles to various newspapers and magazines.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 2
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