Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 (Baron Keynes, economist)
Dates
- Existence: 1883 - 1946
Biography
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), Baron Keynes and economist, was born in Cambridge on 5 June 1883, the son of Florence and Dr. John Neville Keynes, fellow of Pembroke College and later University Registrar. He was educated at Eton, and came up to King's College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1902. After he was awarded his undergraduate degree, he entered the Home Civil Service and served for two years at the India Office. He left the civil service in 1908, however, and in 1909 was elected a fellow of King's College and remained so until his death. He was lecturer in Economics from 1911 to 1937 and in 1919 he also accepted the post of Second Bursar of the college. In 1924 he began his memorable tenure as first bursar, changing completely the philosophy by which the college managed its assets, and in 1925, he married Lydia Lopokova. He served on a number of government committees in the 1920s and 30s, but - as with everyone else - it was during the two world wars that most was demanded of him. During World War I he became a civil servant in the Treasury and by 1917 had gained a position of some responsibility. He was the Treaury's representative at the peace conference that ended the war. At the invitation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Keynes placed his services at the disposal of his country again in 1940, after war had broken out a second time. As an advisor to the treasury, he was much involved in both the problems of war finance and plans for the later transistion from war to peace. Among other things, Keynes acted as one of the negotiators of Lend-Lease, and played a leading part at the Bretton Woods conference. He was rewarded for his services during the first war with a C.B., and for those during the second by elevation to the peerage, becoming Baron Keynes of Tilton. He died on Easter Sunday, 21 April 1946, after several years of ill-health.
Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:
"Scrapbook 1", 1895 - 1967
"Scrapbook 2", 1873 - 1970
"Scrapbook 3": Janet Hill's scrapbook, 1930 - 1970
"Scrapbook 5": Newspaper cuttings, 1907 - 1926
Screenplay for Keynes' "Two Memoirs", 1984 - 1985
The file includes the outline for a play by Alan Seymour entitled 'A Defeated Enemy'.
September 1926-September 1927, 1926-09 - 1927-09
An incomplete series of diaries written by Lydia Lopokova Keynes. Booklets in the first envelope also include entries by Lydia's husband, J.M. Keynes.
Snapshot photographs of men and women, including John Maynard Keynes, 1910 - 1920
Most individuals are unidentified.
To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 33/6.
Speech given at the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Keith Baynes, 1931
Autograph manuscript speech, drafted by Lydia Lopokova Keynes and J.M. Keynes, given by Lydia Lopokova Keynes at the Reid and Lefevre Gallery.
'Stocks of Staple Commodities' by J. M. Keynes and J. W. F. Rowe, 1927-09
Royal Economic Society, Memorandum Number 3.
'Stocks of Staple Commodities' by J. M. Keynes and J. W. F. Rowe, 1929-08
London and Cambridge Economic Service, Special Memorandum Number 29.
'Stocks of Staple Commodities' by J. M. Keynes, J. W. F. Rowe and G. L. Schwartz, 1930-09
London and Cambridge Economic Service, Special Memorandum Number 32.
'Studies of childhood and adolescence from the Russian masters', 1938
This sub-series comprises autograph manuscript drafts by J.M. Keynes, typescripts and final scripts, marked up for reading aloud, of radio talks given by Lydia Lopokova Keynes. Broadcast on the BBC.
Telegram from John Maynard Keynes to NGA, 1944-05-27
This series comprises letters which NGA filed alphabetically under the name of the individual or institution with whom he was corresponding. It includes letters and related material such as offprints and newspaper cuttings.
Testimonials
Typescript testimonials in support of Julian Bell's application to Wuhan University, China, by J.T. Sheppard and J.M. Keynes, with autograph manuscript copies in Julian Bell's hand.
The goings-on in 'the Square', 1930 - 1939
Manuscript verse in the hand of Sebastian Sprott, voicing the complaints of a charlady at the goings-on in 'the Square' [Gordon Square], with, interlined, a reworking by J.M. Keynes to include references to his courtship of Lydia Lopokova Keynes, dancing and 'Mrs. Bell's absence'; with further rewriting and other notes.
The Papers of Edward Shire
The papers include: physics notebooks; lecture and teaching notes, 1927-73; papers on the invention and patenting of the proximity fuze [proximity fuse]; copy of a paper by Professor John Cockcroft, "A General Account of Army Radar"; copy of the Los Alamos lectures on nuclear physics, 1943; journals from the Home Office Scientific Adviser's branch, 1961-66 and 1973; and a Home Office civil defence data book, as well as correspondence with John Maynard Keynes, 1936-1944.
'The transfer problem', 1931-07-29
Undated autograph manuscript with typed letter signed from J. M. Keynes to RFK commenting on its argument and suggesting he send it to the 'Austrian Journal', 29 July 1931.
Tribute to John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946 - a Memoir prepared by King's College, 1949
University Publisher: Correspondence with Keynes, J.M., 1932 - 1937
18 carbon typed letters.
War damage insurance, 1940 - 1942
Papers include proposal by J.M. Keynes, economist, Fellow and bursar of King's College, for a mutual insurance scheme for College and University buildings, 1940.
Will of John Maynard Keynes, 1941 - 1946
The file contains a letter and instructions concerning his will written by John Maynard Keynes in 1941, together with copies of the will and probate.
Working papers during negotiations in Washington DC, USA, 1944-09
Includes (ROBN 3/2/3) paper by Lord Keynes, "Decisions of policy affecting the financial position in Stages II and III"