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Wellington House and the Department of Information
Wellington House and the Department of Information
The War Propaganda Bureau, more usually referred to as Wellington House (http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-the-british-government-sponsored-the-arts-in-the-first-world-war) was a secret British government propaganda department. On 2 September 1914, Charles Masterman MP, head of Wellington House, held a meeting with famous authors and poets to explain the role of the Bureau, encourage them to support the war effort and to work for the Bureau. All who attended agreed to keep the conversation and the existance of the Bureau confidential. In 1917, Wellington House merged with the newly-established Department of Information run by John Buchan. They recruited and sponsored artists to produce eyewitness images to encourage patriotism and also to illustrate propaganda publications. In 1918, the Department became the Ministry of Information. In February 1918, Lord Beaverbrook was appointed Minister of Information, with responsibility for propaganda in allied and neutral countries. Lord Northcliffe became Director of Propaganda with responsibility for propaganda in enemy countries.
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British Army Director Wellngton House
British Army Assistant Director Department of Information
British Army Assistant Director Ministry of Information
More about Charles F G Masterman Mp -
Born 1876
Died 1953
British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment
British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regt.
More about W David Muirhead Bone -
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Born 1880
Died 1958
Other Empire Force Ministry of Information, Wellington House
More about Alfred Noyes -
Born 1872
Died 1945
Other Empire Force War Artist
More about William Rothenstein -
Born 1878
Died 1961
Canadian Expeditionary Force War Artist
More about Augustus Edwin John -
Born 1887
Died 1959
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Intelligence Department
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More about Charles Bruce Bairnsfather -
British Army Captain Recruiting Officer Ministry of Information
More about G Abercrombie -
Born 1875
Died 1940
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Intelligence Corps
More about John Buchan -
Born 1878
Died 1931
British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps
British Army Major
More about William Newenham Montague Orpen -
Born 1865
Died 1922
Other Empire Force Director of Propaganda
More about Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, First Viscount Northcliffe -
Born 1888
Died 1960
British Army 1799 Private London Regiment 13th Battalion (Kensington Battalion)
More about Eric Henri Kennington -
Born 1889
Died 1946
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
British Army 1753 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth
More about Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson -
Born 1879
Died 1964
Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian War Records Office
More about William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook -
Born 1883
Died 1957
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery
More about Percy Wyndham Lewis -
Born 1889
Died 1946
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
British Army 2655 Private London Regiment
More about Paul Nash