Word: fallodon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Liberal M.P.'s mostly seemed content. But the chief Liberal peers, headed by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, announced next day that they had formed "the Liberal Council," really a new party with a separate headquarters and pledged to support the policies of Lord Oxford and Asquith who resigned (TIME, Oct. 25) as Leader of the Liberal party on account of disagreements with Lloyd George...
...Read a scathing speech delivered by Viscount Grey of Fallodon at a banquet of Asquithian Liberals, in which their total rupture with the Lloyd George Liberal faction (TIME, Oct. 25) was reaffirmed...
...FALLODON PAPERS - Viscount Grey -Houghton Mifflin ($2.50). Statesman's recreations; with woodcuts...
...Earl's wife, Margot Asquith, she of the sharp features and biting tongue, could not control her emotions, sobbed. At last, as numerous members of the audience began to weep, that iron-hearted Liberal, Viscount Grey of Fallodon drew forth his handkerchief and wiped his eyes...
Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon: "I have written another book, this time not on war* but on birds, beasts, flowers. I wrote about my sanctuary for waterfowl. Said I: 'There is a sort of romance in having naturally shy birds, perfectly free and unpinioned, coming ... to feed with perfect confidence out of my hand. . . .' Then I wrote of the late Theodore Roosevelt, how once he and I spent 20 hours studying bird song in the wilds of Hampshire. Said I: '. . . [Roosevelt] had a real feeling and taste for bird song...