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Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, KT, CMG, PC (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a Scottish politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
28 de fev. de 2021 · A biography of Archibald Sinclair, a former cavalry officer and Liberal politician who supported Churchill's view that no good could come of peace overtures in 1940. Learn about his life, his friendship with Churchill, his role in the Coalition War Cabinet, and his legacy as a war hero and a leader of the Liberal Party.
Sir Archibald Sinclair (Viscount Thurso), 1890-1970. By Richard S. Grayson. Type: Biography. Archibald Sinclair was the Liberal leader from 1935 to 1945. He was a leading figure in British politics in that period, first as an outspoken critic of appeasement, and then as a minister during the war.
The papers of Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, came into Churchill Archives Centre through the good offices of his son, the 2nd Viscount, in several batches between April 1972 and September 1973.
- Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, CB3 0DS, Cambridgeshire
- 01223 336087
22 de mar. de 2022 · Archibald Sinclair, a wealthy landowner from the north of Scotland, was leader of the British Liberal Party from 1935 to 1945 and Air Minister in Winston Churchill's coalition government throughout its five-year period of office in the Second World War.
Lord Thurso, or Archie Sinclair, as he was generally known, was born on 22 October 1890, the son of Clarence Granville Sinclair. After being educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he entered the Army in 1910, but began his political career in 1919, when he became Personal Military Secretary to Winston Churchill, the Secretary of State for War.
29 de jun. de 2013 · Sir Archibald Henry MacDonald Sinclair (1890-1970) was the leader of the fading Liberal Party from 1935 to 1945, and served as Air Minister in Churchill’s wartime coalition government. The two men had been introduced long before —by American Maxine Elliott—and despite a sixteen-year difference in age, they became good friends.
