The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Beaverbrook
Monarchist Author: Canadian Resident of York, Ontario
Founded "The Monarchist" in January, 2005
From Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Former bridge watchkeeper, Her Majesty's Canadian Navy
Graduate, Royal Military College of Canada
Click here for an Archive of the Author's Works
Honouring The Right Honourable William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (1879–1964), Canadian-British Business Tycoon, Politician, Author and Imperial Federalist
William Maxwell Aitken, the son of a Presbyterian minister, was born in Maple, Ontario, in 1879. He became a stockbroker and by 1910 had made a fortune from Canadian cement mills.
Aitken moved to Britain and the followed year became the Conservative member for Ashton-under-Lyne. In the House of Commons Aitken became private secretary to the Colonial Secretary, Andrew Bonar Law. Aitken's visits to the Western Front during the First World War resulted in his book Canada at Flanders (1917). In 1918 David Lloyd George granted Aitken the title, Lord Beaverbrook and appointed him as Minister of Information in his wartime coalition government.
During the war Beaverbrook acquired a controlling interest in the Daily Express. He told his readers that his newspaper was "the prophet of equal opportunity and the unrelenting opponent of that system of preferred chances which gives one man an unfair opportunity over a more competent rival."
Beaverbrook, who developed ideas pioneered by Alfred Harmsworth and the Daily Mail, turned the Daily Express into the most widely read newspaper in the world. Beaverbrook also founded the Sunday Express (1921) and in 1929 purchased the Evening Standard. He also wrote several books including Politicians and the Press (1925) and Politicians and the War (1928).
In the Second World War, Winston Churchill recruited Beaverbrook into his Cabinet where he served as Minister for Aircraft Production (1940-41), Minister of Supply (1941-2), Minister of War Production (1942), and Lord Privy Seal (1943-45). William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, died in 1964.
Biography Links: Spartacus; Wikipedia
Notable Links: The Beaverbrook Foundation; Beaverbrook Art Gallery;
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:59 p.m. | LINKS |
Monarchist Author: Canadian Resident of York, Ontario
Founded "The Monarchist" in January, 2005
From Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Former bridge watchkeeper, Her Majesty's Canadian Navy
Graduate, Royal Military College of Canada
Click here for an Archive of the Author's Works
Honouring The Right Honourable William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (1879–1964), Canadian-British Business Tycoon, Politician, Author and Imperial Federalist
William Maxwell Aitken, the son of a Presbyterian minister, was born in Maple, Ontario, in 1879. He became a stockbroker and by 1910 had made a fortune from Canadian cement mills. Aitken moved to Britain and the followed year became the Conservative member for Ashton-under-Lyne. In the House of Commons Aitken became private secretary to the Colonial Secretary, Andrew Bonar Law. Aitken's visits to the Western Front during the First World War resulted in his book Canada at Flanders (1917). In 1918 David Lloyd George granted Aitken the title, Lord Beaverbrook and appointed him as Minister of Information in his wartime coalition government.
During the war Beaverbrook acquired a controlling interest in the Daily Express. He told his readers that his newspaper was "the prophet of equal opportunity and the unrelenting opponent of that system of preferred chances which gives one man an unfair opportunity over a more competent rival."
Beaverbrook, who developed ideas pioneered by Alfred Harmsworth and the Daily Mail, turned the Daily Express into the most widely read newspaper in the world. Beaverbrook also founded the Sunday Express (1921) and in 1929 purchased the Evening Standard. He also wrote several books including Politicians and the Press (1925) and Politicians and the War (1928).
In the Second World War, Winston Churchill recruited Beaverbrook into his Cabinet where he served as Minister for Aircraft Production (1940-41), Minister of Supply (1941-2), Minister of War Production (1942), and Lord Privy Seal (1943-45). William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, died in 1964.
Biography Links: Spartacus; Wikipedia
Notable Links: The Beaverbrook Foundation; Beaverbrook Art Gallery;
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:59 p.m. | LINKS |
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