Lord Halifax Research Articles

Lord Halifax's Visit To Germany: November 1937

Lord Halifax's Visit To Germany: November 1937

Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax by the Earl of Birkenhead

Book Review| October 01 1967 Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax by the Earl of Birkenhead Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax. By the Earl of Birkenhead. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. Pp. xiii, 626. $8.50. James L. Godfrey James L. Godfrey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1967) 66 (4): 631–632. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-66-4-631 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation James L. Godfrey; Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax by the Earl of Birkenhead. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 October 1967; 66 (4): 631–632. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-66-4-631 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsSouth Atlantic Quarterly Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1967 by Duke University Press1967 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax

Halifax: The Life of Lord Halifax

BOOK REVIEW

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Halifax. The Life of Lord Halifax

Halifax. The Life of Lord Halifax

Henry McCulloch and Henry McCulloh

HE William and Mary Quarterly has printed, in recent years, two articles referring to Henry McCulloh,' the London merchant who suggested to George Grenville a scheme for raising revenue in the American colonies by means of a stamp tax. He is a figure of some importance in American colonial history, and it is unfortunate that so many references to him have been misleading and inaccurate.2 It is the object of this note to clear up some of the confusion which has arisen about his career. The source of the confusion is, simply, that there were at the same time two persons with almost identical names interested in North Carolina. They have been run together by historians, often with commendable though misplaced ingenuity, and a composite biography produced. First there is Henry McCulloch, who became secretary for North Carolina. In i746 he was appointed naval officer at Cape Breton, which had been recently captured, and held the post until it was handed back in I748. He then returned to England and spent five miserable years without any form of employment, constantly beseeching the assistance of the Duke of Newcastle and bemoaning his large family. His account of an interview with Lord Halifax, then First Lord of Trade, reveals how unpleasant place-hunting could be: I informed his Ldship of the Death of the Secretary of North Carolina, which he was pleased to tell me he

TV Commercials Come to Britain

LAST THURSDAY EVENING, in the midst of the season's most vivid thunderstorm in southern England, the British launched a bold, new enterprise which nearly everyone feels is going to have a revolutionary effect on the life, habits, taste, and manners of the people of this island. Commercial television made its long-awaited bow in Britain with a fanfare of trumpets, a burst of orchestral music, a solemn round of inaugural speeches, and an advertisement for toothpaste. In spite of the thunderstorm, the reception on opening night was sharp, clear, and uninterrupted within a 70-mile radius of London; and, in spite of the vivid storm of controversy that has raged on the subject, it is already obvious that commercial television is not only here, but here to stay, an accepted and permanent feature of the life of this nation. Commercial television has been a hotly controversial issue here for the past three years. No other public question has created a greater outward fuss on the upper levels of British politics. During the three-year debate, the British have heard a thousand dreadful warnings about the damage that commercial TV would do to the British way of life. The TV monster, as it is commonly referred to by its legion of unfriendly critics here, would bring in its wake a host of undesirable things-the debasement of taste, the corruption of youth, the breakdown of law, and a huckster's riot of vulgarity. Eminent public men, like Lord Halifax on the Conservative side and Herbert Morrison on the Labor side, have

Lord Halifax (1716–1771)

Journal Article Lord Halifax (1716–1771) Get access Bernhard Knollenberg Bernhard Knollenberg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume CXCVI, Issue jun23, 23 June 1951, Page 282, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/CXCVI.jun23.282a Published: 23 June 1951

Halifax House, Oxford

ON January 21, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Halifax, formally opened the new Graduate Centre, named in his honour Halifax House, which has successfully been running as a club for senior members of the University since August last. This Graduate Centre was formerly an Anglican convent, standing in two acres of land in Woodstock Road, just north of the Radcliffe Infirmary, and not more than five minutes walk from the main block of science laboratories in the Parks. It is proving a good and timely purchase by the University. The University Grants Committee has helped in financing it. The interior has been skilfully adapted for club use by Mr. J. H. Worthington. Its main purpose is to serve as a club for senior members of the University, especially for those who have, as yet, no college affiliation, for graduates from overseas, for professors from abroad on their sabbatical leaves, for Civil servants from the British Empire back in Oxford for refresher courses and for Colonial and forestry probationers and their like. Halifax House, it is hoped, is but the beginning of a series of clubs in Oxford catering for the needs of senior members which cannot be met by the colleges. It provides, at present, eighteen bed-sitting-rooms for resident members, and two large common rooms and a large garden for non-residents. All meals but breakfast may be had there, and the subscription is only £1 a year.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS Get access The Life of George S. Gordon 1881–1942. By M. C. G. With an Introduction by Lord Halifax. London, New York, and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. Pp. xii+171. 10s. 6d. net. W. R. CUNNINGHAM W. R. CUNNINGHAM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of English Studies, Volume os-XXII, Issue 87, July 1946, Pages 245–246, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/os-XXII.87.245 Published: 01 July 1946

THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE IN MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS

war is going to be one of endurance. The weapons of sea power and industrial strength work silently, and only at rare intervals do they attract the headlines. These words of Lord Halifax give special prominence to the contention that the skilled worker has become of importance equal to that of the man under arms. Loss of working time by skilled and indispensable workers, no matter what the cause, must be classed in war times as casualties which require the mobilization of medical facilities for competent handling just as do those which occur in the field. This fact was brought before the medical profession and the public by the House of Delegates last year when the importance of medical service to the industrial worker was stressed and every facility of the American Medical Association was offered for the health and safety of the American people and the maintenance of

Book Review: Lord Halifax

Book Review: Lord Halifax

Mr. Roosevelt and Oxford

Two striking parallel ceremonies took place at Harvard on June 19. Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, was given the honorary degree of doctor of law of Harvard University, and in his capacity of chancellor of the University of Oxford, he presided at a special Convocation, in which he conferred the degree of D.C.L. on President Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt was advised, on account of his temporary indisposition, not to make the journey from Washington to Harvard, but his friend and military aide, General Edwin Watson, represented him and delivered a stirring message of acknowledgment. In the Latin diploma granting the degree prepared for the occasion, reference was made to the heartening words with which Mr. Roosevelt has encouraged the defenders of liberty and to the material aid which he has given, and in ever-increasing measure is giving, to secure the defeat of lawlessness and aggression among nations, and to the stand he is making for liberty, humanity and law. Mr. Roosevelt's message mentioned the historic precedent of this special Convocation, expressing his pleasure that it “does so in the great cause of preserving the free learning and civil liberties which have grown stone upon stone in our lands”. He concluded with the epigrammatic words: “We and all others who believe as we do would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”

Man's Passion for Freedom

GENERAL SMUTS in his well-considered and judicial broadcast from South Africa on July 21, drew a favourable augury for the outcome of the coming attack on Great Britain from the indomitable spirit and unfailing courage of Allied troops in the withdrawal from Dunkirk. Against such a rock the waves of attack will beat in vain. It is, however, the spirit which informed the broadcast by Lord Halifax on July 22 which will bring victory—“the unconquerable passion of man for freedom”. Hitler's policy he denounced as the gospel of hate, the policy of brute force, his message to mankind the enthralment of the human spirit under ruthless tyranny. It is perhaps permissible to suggest here that the fanaticism of Germany's irruption over the peoples of Western Europe admits a second comparison with 'ancient” history—the great fanatical spread of Islam. Then in east and west, in Spain and in Palestine, it fell to the peoples organized under the banner of Christianity to turn back the tide of invasion of an alien faith. The present war also is a struggle of the spirit of Christianity against the brutal force of paganism. As Lord Halifax said, “We must march together in this crusade for Christianity. We and our great Dominions oversea stand, and shall continue to stand, four-square against the forces of evil”.

Lord Halifax and International Affairs

Lord Halifax and International Affairs

Dare We Look Ahead? and Constructive Democracy

Journal Article Dare We Look Ahead? and Constructive Democracy Get access 3. Dare We Look Ahead? By Bertrand Russell, Vernon Bartlett, G. D. H. Cole, Harold J. Laski and others. 1938. (London : Allen and Unwin. Sm. 8vo. 190 pp. 5s.)4. Constructive Democracy. By Ernest Simon, Lord Halifax, Lord Lothian, Alfred Zimmern, Arthur Salter, Moritz Bonn and others. 1938. (London : Allen and Unwin. 8vo. 247 pp. 7s . 6d.) H. G. L. H. G. L. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 17, Issue 6, November-December 1938, Pages 829–830, https://doi.org/10.2307/3019417 Published: 01 November 1938

Science in Industry

THE twenty-second report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research*, which covers the period October 1, 1936–September 30, 1937, includes the report of the Committee of the Privy Council signed by Lord Halifax, and the longer report of the Advisory Council signed by Lord Riverdale, together with a summary of the work of the National Physical Laboratory and other research stations and research boards and brief reports from the various research associations. Both the report of the Advisory Council and of the Committee of the Privy Council pay tribute to the work of Lord Rutherford, whose last act as chairman of the Advisory Council was to shape the report which is now submitted. The present report once more displays the impressive contribution which the work of the Department makes to every aspect of our national life.

Pietas Anglicana

The second volume of Lord Halifax’s life completed a first-rate biography of a striking and dynamic personality. It gives to the many who only knew him externally, in his chivalrous championship of Reunion ideals, and in the part he played in the domestic politics of his own Church, a vivid picture of the whole man. Mr. Lockhart sketches with skilful pen Lord Halifax’s mental background, his temperament and character, his inner spiritual life and his family, social and ecclesiastical relationships. And this complete portrait, seen by most of us now for the first time, will compel thoughtful Catholics to search afresh for the answer to the question: What was it that kept so exceptionally gifted a man, whose high principle and personal integrity no one could question, unwaveringly faithful to the Church of England through a long life of incessant preoccupation with Catholicism, during which he came to hold almost every doctrinal truth which the Church proposes to the faith of its members? The answer to this question, if it could be found, is likely to provide the answer to another of great moment: Do the causes which operated to keep this one man faithful to the Church of England operate also to keep many others, similarly circumstanced, to the same allegiance?

The University of Oxford Appeal

ON February 9, in speeches by Lord Halifax and others at the Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the appeal that the University of Oxford is making for money was launched. The capital sum aimed at is a million pounds, and some of the needs for which this sum is required are urgent. About a quarter of it is needed to ease the fund which the University has been accumulating for paying its share of the large cost of the extension to Bodley's library now being built. A similar amount is needed for the erection and equipment of new laboratories and other buildings. The remainder is required as a trust fund, the interest of which may be used to endow for a period of years new developments in any subject which looks promising, rather than be tied down to this particular subject or that. These needs are altogether separate from those of the medical school, which have been generously met by Lord Nuffield recently, and cannot be paid for out of his two million pounds gift. That gift, unlike some gifts, will not in any way be a liability on the University, but obviously the new school of clinical research which it is calling into existence, by quickening research throughout all departments of the University, must indirectly make new endowments of scientific departments a necessity. The needs for which the appeal is being made are, indeed, independent of, and of longer standing than, those of the medical school, and Lord Nuffield has recognized this by subscribing an additional £100,000 towards the million pounds required.

Review of Book: A Catholic Memorial of Lord Halifax and Cardinal Mercier

Review of Book: A Catholic Memorial of Lord Halifax and Cardinal Mercier