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21. Mai 2024 · Sir Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (born May 25, 1879, Maple, Ont., Can.—died June 9, 1964, near Leatherhead, Surrey, Eng.) was a financier in Canada, politician and newspaper proprietor in Great Britain, one of three persons (the others were Winston Churchill and John Simon) to sit in the British cabinet during both World Wars.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor 3 Tagen · Beaverbrook, who was then Sir Max Aitken, was active in arranging the partnership, in 1916, between Bonar Law and Lloyd George, who led Britain through the last, critical, years of the First World War. Lord Beaverbrook lived for politics, craved drama and excitement, and was insatiably curious about human behaviour.
Vor einem Tag · In March 1918 the government appointed William "Max" Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, as the Minister of Information. He owned the Daily Express newspaper, his Fleet Street rivals Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail and The Times and Robert Donald from the Daily Chronicle joined the operation.
Vor 16 Stunden · Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), the proprietor and an old friend of Churchill, became a minister in Churchill’s wartime government. 8 British Jewry and the Attempted Boycott of Nazi Germany, 1933–1939 , Zbyněk Vydra, Theatrum historiae 21 (2017), p206
Vor 5 Tagen · Sir Max Aitken, son of Press magnate and wartime Minister of Aircraft Production Lord Beaverbrook and leader of the famed Banff Strike Wing, returned to his base many years later to formally reopen the Banff Flying Club and airfield on 2 June 1976.
7. Mai 2024 · It is an entirely accurate summary of his role as inheritor of the legacy set by his father Lord Beaverbrook. Equally correct is the verdict of my friend, a member of the Beaver’s family:’Max was a Grade A shit.’ The fact is when his father pleaded with him to stay in the Express fold, which he did in 1938, the Beaver was putting family ...
16. Mai 2024 · Under the command of group captain the Hon. Max Aitken the mixed Mosquito and Beaufighter units mounted concentrated attacks on German surface vessels and U-boats in the North Sea and along the Norwegian coast.
