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Burgis, Lawrence Franklin, 1892 - 1972 (civil servant)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1892 - 1972

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

The Papers of Lawrence Burgis

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRGS
Scope and Contents The papers mainly consist of the manuscript notes which Lawrence Burgis made during meetings of the War Cabinet during the Second World War. There are gaps in the sequence, such as between November and December 1943 when Burgis went to the Cairo Conference with Winston Churchill. Although Burgis' notes frequently record the actual words spoken at Cabinet meetings during the war, Burgis felt that his notes were not valuable because they were not a final record of the meetings of the...
Dates: 1900 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.