The man who sold honours : the first modern cash for honours scandal
Bates, Stephen, 1954-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Meet Maundy Gregory, actor, journalist, publishing proprietor, conman, embezzler, MI5 spy - and the man you went to see if you had the money to pay for a peerage in the post-First World War years. Cutting a dash across high society of the 1920s - the immaculately oiled and overdressed Gregory would happily pocket thousands for playing Mr Fixit for wannabe knights and lords, and swell the coffers of Lloyd George's Liberal Party to millions of pounds. Visitors to his lavish office on Parliament Street, with a direct line to 'Number 10', would be wined and dined and, after paying up, leave satisfied that they would be next on the list for a knighthood or barony. Nothing could be guaranteed, of course, and it was a strictly no refunds business. But Gregory was also suspected of being something else, to add to his impressive list of accomplishments: a murderer.
Main title:
The man who sold honours : the first modern cash for honours scandal / Stephen Bates.
Author:
Bates, Stephen, 1954-, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2025.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781837730278 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.083092B GRE
LC class:
DA566.9.G7
Language:
English
Subject:
Gregory, Maundy, 1877-1941Political corruption -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centurySwindlers and swindling -- Great Britain -- BiographySpies -- Great Britain -- BiographyTitles of honor and nobility -- Political aspectsGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
4317254