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John Amery
John Amery (14 March 1912 – 19 December 1945) was a pro-Nazi British fascist who, during the Second World War, proposed to the Wehrmacht the formation of a British volunteer force (that subsequently became the British Free Corps), as well as making recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany. He was executed by the British for treason after World War II.
Early life.
Born in Chelsea, London, John Amery was the elder of two children of British statesman Leo Amery
of State
- Julian Amery (1919–1996), Conservative MP for Preston North 1950–1966, Brighton Pavilion 1969–1992, Secretary of State for Air; son of Leo; also son-in-law of Harold Macmillan (see below)
- John Amery (1912–1945), anti-communist and pro-Hitler activist, executed for treason; son of Leo
Armstrongs.
- Ernest Armstrong (1915–96) Labour politician
- Hilary Armstrong (born 1945) succeeded her father as MP for North West Durham in 1987,