In 1922, John Jacob Astor, son of the 1st Viscount Astor, bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate. The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement; then-editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement, most notably Neville Chamberlain.
In 1922 , John Jacob Astor , son of the 1st Viscount Astor , bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate . The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement ; then - editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement , most notably Neville Chamberlain .
The Times gained much notoriety in the 1930s because of its advocacy of what?
The Times gained much notoriety in the 1930s because of its advocacy of what ?
German appeasement
German appeasement