(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich (1890-1954), Politician, diplomat and writer
Sitter in 26 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).
Diana, Viscountess Norwich (Lady Diana Cooper); (Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Sir David Low
chalk, published 1927
NPG 4560
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
vintage bromide print, 1930s
NPG P302
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich; Diana, Viscountess Norwich (Lady Diana Cooper)
by Horst P. Horst
vintage bromide print, 1940
NPG P741
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 November 1925
NPG x123492
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 November 1925
NPG x123493
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 November 1925
NPG x123494
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 November 1925
NPG x123495
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
whole-plate film negative, 10 April 1929
NPG x69429
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate copy glass negative, October 1958 (1930s)
NPG x82484
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 13 June 1939
NPG x26963
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 13 June 1939
NPG x26964
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 13 June 1939
NPG x26985
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 13 June 1939
NPG x26986
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 13 June 1939
NPG x26987
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
vintage print, 13 June 1939
NPG x84102
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Bassano
vintage print, 13 June 1939
NPG x85559
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x11431
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x11432
(Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940
NPG x11434
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Ambassadors and diplomats
Writers and critics
Place
Norfolk
