...of 1907. He was promoted to the rank of Minister in August 1913. In July 1915 he was sent to Sofia as Chargé de Affaires to lead last-ditch negotiations to...
...had no sons but he did have close family involved, namely his brother Charlie who was wounded fighting in British East Africa and had his left arm amputated. He also...
...forced upon him, and in summer 1783 let it be known that he would welcome opposition to the ministry’s bill to reform the East India Company; its parliamentary defeat gave...
...British forces from East of Suez at a time when the US Administration was embroiled in Vietnam. The government was also beset by a range of complex foreign policy issues,...
...Belgium, the first cemetery we visited was Tyne Cot, which is situated 9 km north-east of Ypres town centre. Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest British and Commonwealth War Cemetery...
...explain Lewis' appointment as sub Librarian in the Foreign Office in 1801, aged just 13. By 1810 he had been promoted to Librarian and Keeper of the Papers. In 1822...
...beginning of May the Red Army had conquered ‘the lair of the fascist beast’. The Soviet capture of Berlin came at a heavy price: 78, 291 Red Army soldiers killed...
...in China and the future of the Middle East. A contentious issue was the future of defeated Germany: its administration, industrial disarmament, allocation of reparations, and how its people should...
...Soviet threat, Churchill’s speech was not out of tune with British and American policy, as demonstrated by reports from their representatives in Moscow, Kennan and Roberts.[3] East-West relations were increasingly...
...Subversive Activities.[6] Overseas, although East-West tension had not yet solidified into open enmity, the international scene looked menacing enough. Bevin was engaged in a series of adversarial negotiations on peace...