He served in the Great War from 1915 to 1919 and won the M.C. for bravery. At the end of the War he had attained the rank of Brigade-Major, He first entered Parliament in 993 when he was elected as Conservative member for the Warwick ind Leamington division, In 1926 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the late Sir Austen Chamberlain, then Foreign Secretary, In 1931 he became Parlia mentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
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