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Sir Henry Channon (7 March 1897 – 7 October 1958), often known as Chips Channon, was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist. Channon moved to England in 1920 and became strongly anti-American, feeling that American cultural and economic views threatened traditional European and British civilisation.
Feb 14, 2022 · Channon, pictured here in 1934, was an American-born member of the British Parliament and an expert social climber whose recently released diaries are causing a stir in elite circles on both...
- Mark Peikert
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Mar 9, 2021 · Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon’s diaries — a cuckoo in the aristocratic nest The unexpurgated writings of the Conservative MP show him to be well-connected and well-informed — and utterly wrong
- Jesse Norman
Apr 4, 2021 · Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries 1918-38 review – priceless interwar gossip. Editor Simon Heffer brings us the first, sensationally unexpurgated volume of the musings of the Chicago-born ...
Jan 20, 2023 · Bookshelf. The Diaries of Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: Snob’s Progress. In hundreds of diary entries, the Chicago-boy-turned-wealthy-English politician dropped names, recalled slights and...
Think Samuel Pepys, James Boswell, Alan Clark. Henry “Chips” Channon (1897-1958) has long been seen as one of these too. But it is only with the publication of these unexpurgated diaries, superbly edited by Simon Heffer, that we can truly recognise quite how perfectly he fits the type.
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Oct 11, 2021 · Scandalous snob Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon was a renowned society host and keeper of name-dropping diaries. Fellow diarist Sasha Swire reveals how Chips inspired her own equally indiscreet memoir – ahead of a fabulously juicy panel event at Cliveden Literary Festival entitled ‘The Diary Enquiry’
