Alfred Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich (1890–1954), was a British politician, diplomat, military officer, and political historian. He was elected to Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party, served as Minister of Defense, and was First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1940, he was Minister of Information in Winston Churchill's government. From 1941, he performed numerous diplomatic tasks. He was the British representative in De Gaulle's Free France (1943–1944) and British ambassador to France (1944–1948). He was considered a rising star in the Conservative Party. In 1928, he was appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office. In October 1938, a few days after the Munich Agreement, he resigned from the cabinet in protest against its policy. A literary award named after him was established in England. Duff Cooper wrote eighteen books, including The Diaries of Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Operation Heartbreak, Old Men Forget, Sergeant Shakespeare, and David.