Alfred Duff Cooper Biography and Timeline

Birth of Alfred Duff Cooper

Birth of Alfred Duff Cooper

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for Oldham

Financial Secretary of Treasury

Appointed Financial Secretary at the War Office, 1st term

Role range: 1924-1929 – 1928-1929

Member of Parliament

Fails to get re-elected for his Oldham seat

Election

An Empire Free Trade Crusade party threatens the Conservatives when satisfaction with Baldwins leadership is at a low, Duff Cooper agrees to contest the bi-election in what is seen as a test of Baldwins leadership

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for St Georges, Westminster, wins the seat with a majority of 5,710, thus returning to Parliament and serving until 1945. An Empire Free Trade Crusade party threatens the Conservatives when satisfaction with Baldwins leadership is at a low, Duff Cooper agrees to contest the bi-election in what is seen as a test of Baldwins leadership

Financial Secretary of Treasury

Appointed Financial Secretary at the War Office, 2nd term

Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1934

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for St Georges, Westminster, wins the seat with a majority of 5,710, thus returning to Parliament and serving until 1945

Talleyrand

Publication of "Talleyrand"

Financial Secretary of Treasury

Appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Role range: 1931-1935 – 1934-1935

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Role range: 1931-1935 – 1935-1937

First Lord of Admiralty

Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1938

Treaty of Munich

Duff Cooper argued within the Cabinet that further concessions would strengthen Hitler and weaken British credibility.

Role range: 1937-1938

Munich Agreement

The most public critic of Neville Chamberlains appeasement policy inside the Cabinet, resigns over the Munich Agreement

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1938

Resignation of Alfred Duff Cooper

The most public critic of Neville Chamberlains appeasement policy inside the Cabinet, resigns over the Munich Agreement

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1938

Treaty of Munich

Duff Cooper resigned from the Cabinet because he opposed the Munich settlement and Chamberlain's policy.

Role range: 1937-1938

Treaty of Munich

The most public critic of Neville Chamberlains appeasement policy inside the Cabinet, resigns over the Munich Agreement

Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1938

Minister of Information

Appointed Minister of Information

Role range: 1940-1945 – 1940-1941

Resignation of Neville Chamberlain

Prominent role in the Parliamentary debate leading to Chamberlains resignation

Minister of Singapore

Appointed Resident Cabinet Minster in Singapore

Role range: 1940-1945

Ambassador

Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French

Role range: 1940-1945 – 1944-1947

Free French

Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French

Role range: 1940-1945 – 1944-1947

French Committee of Liberation

Appointed British Representitive to the French Committee of Liberation

Role range: 1940-1945

Knighthood

Alfred Duff Cooper is Knighted

Old Men Forget", an autobiography

Publication of "Old Men Forget", an autobiography

Old Men Forget

Publication of "Old Men Forget", an autobiography

Peerage

Created Viscount Cooper

Death of Alfred Duff Cooper

Death of Alfred Duff Cooper