Other Public and Political Work
In 1927 Linfield served on a committee of the Liberal Party to look into the organisation of the party in the London constituencies. In July 1928, he was a member of a deputation from the National Council for the Prevention of War which met the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain in connection with the Kellogg Peace Pact. And in a role related to his interest in Imperial affairs, Linfield was secretary to the Native Races and Liquor Traffic Committee (an organisation promoting temperance among indigenous peoples in the Empire, especially Africa).
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