Murray, Arthur C. Lord Grey of Fallodon. Reprinted for the Author. Edinburgh, R & R Clark, 1947. 20 x 13 cm. 30 pages with a frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some small stains and dust dulling to Binding. Internally some browning and age darkening. Frontispiece is lose. Inscription by Arthur C. Murray to Field Marshal Alanbrooke, dated March 1950.

Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brook, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (1862 – 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey (he was the 3rd Baronet Grey of Fallodon), was a British Liberal statesman. An adherent of the “New Liberalism”, he served as foreign secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office. He is probably best remembered for his “the lamps are going out” remark on 3 August 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War. He signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement on 16 May 1916. Ennobled in 1916, he was Ambassador to the United States between 1919 and 1920 and Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1923 and 1924.

• Keywords: Biography & Literary Criticism · Great Britain · History · Literature · Politics
• Language: English
• Signed/inscribed
• Inventory Number: 101262AB

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