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#REDIRECT [[Sir Henry "Chips" Channon]]

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'''Sir Henry "Chips" Channon''' ([[1897]] [[March 7]] â€“ [[1958]] [[October 7]]) was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician whose highest office was [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] at the Foreign Office.

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At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|1935 general election]], he was returned as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Southend (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend]].  After boundary changes in 1950, he was re-elected for the new [[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West constituency]], holding the seat until his death in 1958. His son, [[Paul Channon]], won the consequent [[Southend West by-election, 1958|Southend West by-election]].

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Henry Channon, known as "Chips", is best known for his ''Diaries'', covering the years 1934-52. They were edited by [[Robert Rhodes James]] and published in 1967. Another political diarist, [[Alan Clark]], greatly admired them.

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Under the will of Paul Channon, the remainder of Henry Channon's diaries are to remain unpublished until 2018.<ref>Daily Telegraph, Lord Kelvedon obituary, 30 Jan 2007</ref> Four previously unknown volumes turned up at a Sussex car boot sale in 1991. Those already published were heavily expurgated.

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Channon married brewing heiress Lady Honor Guinness, eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh. In later life his partner was the landscape designer [[Peter Coates]]. He also had an affair<ref>The deep, dark spirit of Rattigan, Evening Standard, 1 Feb 2005</ref> with the dramatist [[Terence Rattigan]] whom he financially supported. 

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Henry Channon's son [[Paul Channon]], also became a Conservative politician, and was granted a life peerage as Baron Kelvedon of Ongar. Rattigan dedicated his play ''The Winslow Boy'' to [[Paul Channon]].

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== Sources == 

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*''Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon'', ed. [[Robert Rhodes James]] (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967)

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==References==

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