Duff Cooper

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British politician Conservative Party politician biographer diplomat human memoirist writer

Duff Cooper was a prominent British Conservative politician, diplomat, and writer who served in several key government roles during the first half of the 20th century.

Aliases (1)

Alfred Duff Cooper ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Conservative Party politician → biographer → diplomat → human → memoirist → writer →
awardReceived	Companion of Honour → Order of St Michael and St George →
causeOfDeath	cirrhosis of the liver →
child	John Julius Norwich →
conflict	First World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1890-02-22 →
dateOfDeath	1954-01-01 →
educatedAt	Eton College → New College, Oxford →
familyName	Cooper →
fullName	Alfred Duff Cooper →
genre	biography → political memoir →
givenName	Alfred → Duff →
honorificTitle	1st Viscount Norwich →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
nobleTitle	Viscount Norwich →
notableWork	Haig → Old Men Forget → Talleyrand →
parliamentaryGroup	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
placeOfBirth	England → London →
placeOfDeath	England → London →
positionHeld	British Ambassador to France → Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster → Financial Secretary to the Treasury → Financial Secretary to the War Office → First Lord of the Admiralty → Member of Parliament for Oldham → Member of Parliament for Westminster St George's → Minister of Information → Secretary of State for War →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	London →
servedIn	British Army →
spouse	Lady Diana Cooper →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Men Forget →	author
John Julius Norwich →	father
Chamberlain government →	firstLordOfTheAdmiralty
Duff Cooper ("Alfred Duff Cooper") →	fullName
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) →	hadMinister
Old Men Forget →	mainSubject
Duff Cooper Prize ("Alfred Duff Cooper") →	namedAfter
First Lord of the Admiralty →	officeHeldBy