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| − | The [[Department of Propaganda in Enemy Countries]], known from its London location as the '''Crewe House Committee''', was formed under [[ | + | The [[Department of Propaganda in Enemy Countries]], known from its London location as the '''Crewe House Committee''', was formed under [[Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Lord Northcliffe]] in February 1918 as part of the British propaganda effort in the First World War.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=8012&SearchInit=4&CATREF=INF+4 Series reference INF 4], Series Reference INF 4], National Archives, accessed, 23 May 2011.</ref> |
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | *Director: [[Lord Northcliffe]] | + | *Director: [[Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe|Lord Northcliffe]] |
*Deputy Director: Sir [[Campbell Stuart]] | *Deputy Director: Sir [[Campbell Stuart]] | ||
===Advisory Committee=== | ===Advisory Committee=== | ||
| − | *Chairman | + | *Chairman Lord Northcliffe |
*Deputy Chairman: Sir [[Campbell Stuart]] | *Deputy Chairman: Sir [[Campbell Stuart]] | ||
*Secretary: [[H. K. Hudson]] | *Secretary: [[H. K. Hudson]] | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 22 May 2011
The Department of Propaganda in Enemy Countries, known from its London location as the Crewe House Committee, was formed under Lord Northcliffe in February 1918 as part of the British propaganda effort in the First World War.[1]
People
- Director: Lord Northcliffe
- Deputy Director: Sir Campbell Stuart
Advisory Committee
- Chairman Lord Northcliffe
- Deputy Chairman: Sir Campbell Stuart
- Secretary: H. K. Hudson
- Colonel the Earl of Denbigh
- Robert Donald - (then Editor of the Daily Chronicle).
- Sir Roderick Jones - (Managing Director of Reuter's Agency).
- Sir Sidney Low.
- Sir Charles Nicholson, Bt., M.P
- James O'Grady, M.P.
- H. Wickham Steed (Foreign Editor and later Editor-in-Chief of The Times).
- H. G Wells.[2]
External Resources
- Campbell Stuart, Secrets of Crewe House; the story of a famous campaign, Hodder and Stoughton, 1920, archived at the Internet Archive.
Notes
- ↑ Series reference INF 4, Series Reference INF 4], National Archives, accessed, 23 May 2011.
- ↑ Campbell Stuart, Secrets of Crewe House,Hodder and Stoughton, 1920, P.10.
