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Leo Amery | |
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First Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office 31 October 1922 – 28 January 1924 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | The Lord Lee of Fareham |
Succeeded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | J. H. Thomas |
Succeeded by | The Lord Passfield |
Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
In office 13 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | The Lord Zetland |
Succeeded by | The Lord Pethick-Lawrence |
Personal details | |
Born | Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery 22 November 1873 Gorakhpur, North-Western Provinces, British India |
Died | 16 September 1955 London, England | (aged 81)
Political party | Conservative |
Children | Julian, Baron Amery John Amery |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician and journalist |
Leopold Charles Maurice[1] Stennett Amery CH (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), also known as L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative politician and journalist. During his career, he was known for his interest in military preparedness, British India and the British Empire and for his opposition to appeasement. After his retirement and death, he was perhaps best known for the remarks he made in the House of Commons on 7 May 1940 during the Norway Debate.
In these remarks, Amery attacked the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, for incompetence in the fight against Hitler's Germany. Many of Amery's Parliamentary contemporaries pointed to this speech as one of the key drivers in the division of the House on the following day, 8 May, which led to Chamberlain being forced out of office and his replacement by Winston Churchill.