Clifford Dyce Sharp (1883–1935) was a British journalist. He was the first editor of the ''

New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members o ...

'' magazine from its foundation in 1913 until 1928; a left-wing magazine founded by

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and

Beatrice Webb Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943) was an English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer. It was Webb who coined the term '' collective bargaining''. She ...

and other members of the socialist

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. He had previously edited ''The Crusade''. In

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he was a "fierce opponent" of the war and was so irksome to the Government that

David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during ...

personally arranged his conscription into the Royal Artillery. He was rescued by recruitment to the Foreign Office, and was sent to neutral Sweden, in association with

Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childr ...

. In 1909 Sharp married Rosamund Bland, who was the adopted daughter of Edith Nesbit, the author of '' The Railway Children'', and the natural daughter of Nesbit's husband Hubert Bland.

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