Leo Amery
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| Born | Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery 22 November 1873 Gorakhpur, British India |
| Died | 16 September 1955 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Harrow School, Oxford University/Balliol College, All Souls College |
| Children | Julian, Baron Amery, John Amery |
| Party | Conservative |
UK historian and deep state actor, chief lieutenant of Alfred Milner | |
Leopold "Leo" Charles Maurice Stennett Amery was a UK historian and deep state actor.
Background
Amery was born in Gorakhpur, British India, on 22nd November, 1873. He attended Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
Carroll Quigley termed Leo Amery a "sidekick" ("chief lieutenant") of Alfred Milner.[1]
He was instrumental in bringing down Neville Chamberlain's government in 1940, installing Winston Churchill as Prime Minister.
Zionism
Amery’s first and most significant contribution to the Zionist movement came in October 1917 when, as political secretary to the War Cabinet (a post he had been appointed to by Lord Milner the previous year), he redrafted the Balfour Declaration.[2]
Amery’s next contribution to the origins of Israel came with his key role in establishing the Jewish Legion, battalions of Jewish soldiers who served under British supervision in Palestine during the First World War.Amery’s time as Dominions Secretary in the Baldwin government (June 1925-29) saw him in charge of the Palestine Mandate. During this period an amazingly wide range of the infrastructure and characteristic institutions of the future Jewish state came into existence.[2]
He became a friend and associate of most of the key Zionist leaders of the time, especially Chaim Weizmann, leader of the international Zionist movement, who paid tribute to Amery in his autobiography Trial and Error (1952) for his 'unstinted encouragement and support'.[2]
Another long-time friend was Vladimir Jabotinsky, the controversial right-wing Zionist leader who founded what is now Israel's Likud party.[2]