(Untitled), 10 Feb 1921

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/114/48-50

Scope and Contents

Letter from [WSC] (War Office) to Andrew Bonar Law showing that there is a vacancy available for a Colonial Office Under-Secretary in the House of Commons and hoping that it will be either Leopold Amery or William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech], or if neither were available 7th Lord Londonderry should represent the Office in the House of Lords, Leslie Wilson being unsuitable. Points out that he did not seek "this odious Mesopotamian embarrassment" and claims that there are millions to be saved in the Middle East. Typescript copy. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh at CHAR 2/114/51.

Dates

Creation: 10 Feb 1921

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