In the winter of 1947 Jack Seely, the first Baron Mottistone, was depressed.
Jack Seely, the first Baron Mottistone
A second world war had ended less than two years ago with Britain again victorious, albeit impoverished, and his own life was drawing to a close, too, he suspected.
No doubt then the tributes would flow to him for his career in the military and politics that led him to being a general, a secretary for war and …