Description: Cecil Edric Mornington Roberts (18 May 1892-20 December 1976) was an English journalist and novelist.
He worked as a journalist on the Liverpool Post during World War I, as literary editor and then as a war correspondent. From 1920 for five years he edited the Nottingham Journal. In 1922 he stood for Parliament for the Liberal Party.
During World War II he worked for Lord Halifax, who was British Ambassador to the United States.