(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
(1890-1954), Politician, Secretary of State for War, diplomat and writerSitter in 30 portraits
Politician, diplomatist and author, Duff Cooper was a Conservative MP (1924-9, 1931-45) and in 1936 was Secretary of State for War. Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1937, he resigned over the Munich agreement in 1938. He had been for some years a close friend of the Prince of Wales and with Baldwin's approval he was consulted by the new King during the abdication crisis. His advice - to postpone his marriage and go through with the coronation - was ignored. Anong his publications ar Talleyrand (1932), Operation Heartbreak (1950) and his autobiography, Old Men Forget (1953).
by Topical Press
bromide press print, 17 February 1942
NPG x184345
by International News Photos
bromide press print, 18 August 1948
NPG x184346
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
issued by Ardath Tobacco Company Limited
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49109
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x11433
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, copied July 1949
NPG x190129
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Powys Evans
pencil on paper, 1920s-1930s
NPG D42261
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