Sir Henry Channon | |
|---|---|
 1930 portrait | |
| Member of Parliament for Southend West Southend (1935–1950) | |
| In office 14 November 1935 – 7 October 1958 | |
| Preceded by | The Countess of Iveagh |
| Succeeded by | Paul Channon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1897 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | 7 October 1958 (aged 61) London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Lady Honor Guinness
(m. 1933; div. 1945) |
| Children | Paul Channon |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Henry Channon (7 March 1897 – 7 October 1958), often known as Chips Channon, was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist. Channon moved to England in 1920 and became strongly anti-American, feeling that American cultural and economic views threatened traditional European and British civilisation. He wrote extensively about these views. Channon quickly became enamoured of London society and became a social and political climber.
Channon was first elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1935. In his political career he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rab Butler at the Foreign Office from 1938 in the Chamberlain administration and though he retained that position under Winston Churchill he did not subsequently achieve ministerial office, partly as a result of his close association with the Chamberlain faction. He is remembered as one of the most famous political and social diarists of the 20th century. His diaries were first published in an expurgated edition in 1967. They were later released in full, edited by Simon Heffer and published by Hutchinson in three volumes, between 2021 and 2022.[1][2]
- ^ The Diaries of Chips Channon Vol 1. Penguin UK. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ The Diaries of Chips Channon Vol 3. Penguin UK. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.