Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company (8); representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (68); Geoffrey Mason [formerly at Lloyds]; Christopher Soames. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Maud Stanley, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Also includes: brokers contract notes; statements of WSC's share purchases; lists of WSC's securities held by Lloyds; details of D R Collins Limited; statements of WSC's accounts with Vickers and Westmacott, Winn and Company; details of payment from the BBC for WSC reading "The Grand Alliance" [volume 3 of "The Second World War"]; certificates of sale; German share documents.Material covers periods December 1948 to November 1951 and August 1953 to July 1954 inclusive.