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Patrick Gordon Walker
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Author : Alan Gordon Walker
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2022-12-01
Patrick Gordon Walker written by Alan Gordon Walker and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with Reference categories.
Patrick Gordon Walker was born in 1907 with a conservative background: his father was a Judge in India. He went to prep school (St Ronan's), public school (Wellington) and Christ Church, Oxford as an undergraduate and then as a don. In Oxford he cut his political teeth, suffering some of the pitfalls that dogged his later time in office. He spent a year in Germany in the thirties, becoming fluent in the language and saw the beginnings of totalitarian rule. In the war he joined the BBC German service broadcasting to Germany. In 1945 he went with a radio car and recorded the first radio broadcasts from Belsen, published as The Lid Lifts. An extract from this book, long out of print, appears as an addendum. He became an MP in 1945, and was Commonwealth Relations Secretary from 1950-51, followed by thirteen years in opposition. He lost his seat at Smethwick in the 1964 general election, but still became Foreign Secretary until he was defeated in a by-election at Leyton in January 1965 and had to retire from his perfect job. Patrick Gordon Walker was a significant political figure in the Labour party which he joined as a don at Oxford. He was denied the highest political office, except for brief spells in the Cabinet. He wrote six important books, including The Lid Lifts, The Commonwealth and The Cabinet. He was a dedicated family man and devoted to his wife Audrey and five children who only have the happiest memories of a witty and charismatic father. 'My father never wrote an autobiography, and we were never quite sure why this was. It seems right that his life should be recorded in a political and family biography by one of his children and the task has fallen to me. The book traces my father's life story, his political career and his role as a family man. It has political and family photographs and is hopefully a fitting tribute to him' - ALAN GORDON WALKER
Patrick Gordon Walker
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language : en
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Release Date : 2022
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Patrick Gordon Walker
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Author : Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Patrick Gordon Walker written by Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Great Britain categories.
The Lid Lifts
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Author : Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
The Lid Lifts written by Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Germany categories.
An account of the author's experiences during two visits to occupied Germany during the spring of 1945.
The Cabinet
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Author : Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Release Date : 1972
The Cabinet written by Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker and has been published by Heinemann Educational Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Political Science categories.
Britain And The Commonwealth
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Author : H WISEMAN
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-02-29
Britain And The Commonwealth written by H WISEMAN and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-29 with Political Science categories.
First published in 1965, Britain and the Commonwealth provides a comprehensive account of Britain’s role in the Commonwealth and of the Commonwealth's place in the modern world. The author gives sufficient historical background, deals thoroughly with the present, and on the basis of his analysis risks a forecast of the future. The institutions and systems of government of different members of the Commonwealth- very varied as they are today- are described in relation to the way in which the Commonwealth countries work together and re-act on each other. Professor Wiseman considers the essential criteria for membership, and he does not burke the difficult issues presented by varying degrees and definitions of democracy and the rule of law in different Commonwealth members. These are the problems presented by a grouping of nations in varying stages of development, with varying cultural, religious and political backgrounds- at once the challenge to the Commonwealth today and one of the main reasons for its importance. This is an important read for students of British Politics and British history.
A Question Of Colour
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Author : Peter Griffiths
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
A Question Of Colour written by Peter Griffiths and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Great Britain categories.
A Guide To The Papers Of British Cabinet Ministers 1900 1964
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Author : Cameron Hazlehurst
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996
A Guide To The Papers Of British Cabinet Ministers 1900 1964 written by Cameron Hazlehurst and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964 is the revised and expanded edition of a volume first published by The Royal Historical Society in 1974. Its aim is to provide up-to-date information on the papers of 323 ministers in the first edition and include all Cabinet ministers (or those who held positions included in a Cabinet) until the resignation of Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Prime Minister in 1964. Thus the scope of this edition has increased from the 323 ministers in the first Guide to 384, and therefore incorporates those who held relevant positions in the Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Home governments. Information is provided on 60 'new' ministers and the previously omitted Lord Stanley. This Guide therefore is a major research tool and a source of information on personal papers, often in private hands, of people who played major roles in twentieth-century political life.
The Making Of The Prime Minister
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Author : Anthony Howard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Making Of The Prime Minister written by Anthony Howard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Great Britain categories.
Britain And The Commonwealth
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Author : Herbert Victor Wiseman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Britain And The Commonwealth written by Herbert Victor Wiseman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Commonwealth countries categories.