Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, (18 April 1882 – 12 December 1940) was a British politician, diplomat and newspaper editor. He was private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George between 1916 and 1921. After succeeding a cousin in the marquessate in 1930, he held minor office from 1931 to 1932 in the National Government, headed by Ramsay MacDonald.

In the late 1930s, he was a leading advocate of appeasement of Germany and emphasised the harshness of the Treaty of Versailles and the dangers of Stalin's communism. From 1939 to his death, he was Ambassador to the United States. He proved highly successful in winning America's support for the British war effort, especially the Lend-Lease Act, which passed Congress after his death. Provided by Wikipedia