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Henry Channon. 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.
Jun 7, 2022 · Henry Channon left over £30million to his wife and four children in his will Henry's death at age 51 is another example of the 'Guinness curse' The Guinness wealth came from his grandfather, U.S ...
Feb 14, 2022 · Henry "Chips" Channon and Lady Honor Guiness leaving St. Margaret’s Westminster after a rehearsal for their 1933 wedding. At the time, none less than the queen of the withering private putdown ...
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Mar 9, 2021 · Such a man was Sir Henry “Chips” Channon, Conservative MP, snob, bigot and social mountaineer, who perfectly embodied the qualities vital to the task: a capacious ear for gossip, a neat turn ...
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Mar 13, 2021 · Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries 1918-38, edited by Simon Heffer, is published by Hutchinson. To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com . Delivery charges may apply.
May 27, 2021 · A Snob’s Progress. A new edition of Henry “Chips” Channon’s diaries gives fascinating glimpses of homosocial desire in a hectic narrative of aristocratic and political life. “I am very fond of Chips,” the London society hostess Maud Cunard declared in 1926, “and so is everyone else.” “I seem,” Chips himself remarked a few ...
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Jan 20, 2023 · Henry “Chips” Channon was born in 1897 and grew up outside Chicago in the predominantly WASP suburb of Lake Forest. He had all the weaknesses of the turn-of-the-century WASP (narrow-mindedness ...
