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[[Leopold Amery]] (1873-1955) was a British politician.<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>

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 Amery served as Private Secretary to L. H. Courtney, MP in 1896-1897. He was on the editorial staff of the Times from 1899-1909, during which time he organised the newspaper's war correspondence and coverage of the Boer War. He became a Barrister in 1902 and contested Wolverhampton (East) as Unionist and Tariff Reformer (1906, 1908, and January 1910) then Bow and Bromley (1910). From 1911-45, he was Unionist MP for the Sparkbrook (formerly South) Division of Birmingham.<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>
-During the First World War, Amery saw active service in Flanders and the Near East (1914-1916) then held the position of Assistant Secretary War Cabinet and Imperial War Cabinet (1917); he was on the staff of the War Council for the negotiations at Versailles, and served on the personal staff of [[Alfred Milner|Lord Milner, the Secretary of State for War, (1917-1918).<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>
+During the First World War, Amery saw active service in Flanders and the Near East (1914-1916) then held the position of Assistant Secretary War Cabinet and Imperial War Cabinet (1917); he was on the staff of the War Council for the negotiations at Versailles, and served on the personal staff of [[Alfred Milner|Lord Milner]], the Secretary of State for War, (1917-1918).<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>
 Subsequently Amery became Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies (1919-21); Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1921-22); First Lord of the Admiralty (October 1922-February 1924); Secretary of State for the Colonies (November 1924-June 1929); Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (July 1925-June 1929); then after a period in the wilderness, Secretary of State for India and for Burma under Churchill (1940-45).<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>

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 [[Leopold Amery]] (1873-1955) was a British politician.<ref name="JanusPapers">[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FAMEL The Papers of Leopold Amery], University of Cambridge, 3 November 2012.</ref>
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-[[Category:Old Harrovians|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:Oxford Alumni|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:Conservative Party|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:MP|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:UK Ministers|Amery, Leopold]]
+[[Category:Old Harrovians|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:Oxford alumni|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:Conservative Party|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:MP|Amery, Leopold]][[Category:UK Ministers|Amery, Leopold]]