Scope and Contents Includes: letters from 5th Lord Salisbury [Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords, earlier Lord Cranborne] on young blood being needed in the Cabinet and his own decision to make way for a younger man, and the shortage of senior ministers in the House of Lords (2); correspondence with [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [Minister of Housing and Local Government, then Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Stockton] on giving Sir [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] a definite...

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Correspondence with 5th Lord Salisbury [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1940-42 and 1943-45, earlier Lord Cranborne] on subjects including: Salisbury's visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in 1949 and Rhodesian views on federation; Palestine; the Parliament Bill and reform of the House of Lords; European unity; the constitution of Newfoundland [Canada]; migration to Australia; representation of the Dominions in an Imperial War Cabinet.