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Personal, The majority of folios date from 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 3/69

Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence, with correspondents including: 4th Lord Lytton [earlier Lord Knebworth] on Balkanization, relating to AFB's views on former colonial countries; Nnamdi Azikiwe [former President of Nigeria] wishing AFB luck [? on his journey to Biafra and Nigeria]; 1st Lord Simonds on a query from AFB about the salaries of staff in the Parliamentary Libraries; Christopher Dobson, Librarian of the House of Lords; Roy Strong, Director of the National Portrait Gallery on adding a photograph of Henry Brailsford to the Gallery's records; Jomo Kenyatta [President of Kenya] on the release of Somali detainees in Kenya; Pamela Mboya, thanking AFB for his sympathy on the death of Thomas Mboya [Kenyan Minister of Economic Planning and Development]; [?] Joan Lestor on her speech at the Labour Party conference; Jennie Lee [Janet Bevan], passing on news of the death of a constituent known to AFB; Lord Willis on the chances of AFB's novel "Red Liner" being made into a film; Edward Kennedy thanking AFB for his sympathy [? following the Chappaquiddick incident] and on sharing his concern over Biafra and Nigeria (2); 7th Lord Longford [earlier Lord Pakenham] thanking AFB for his sympathy [on the death of his daughter, Lady Catherine Pakenham]; John Stonehouse, Postmaster General, sending AFB a first day cover of stamps commemorating the Gandhi Centenary; [Charles] Leslie Hale on subjects including his entry for 1st Lord Stansgate [earlier William Wedgwood Benn] in the Dictionary of National Biography; Lord Hunt [Personal Adviser to Prime Minister during Nigerian Civil War] on his forthcoming visit to Nigeria with the Prime Minister [Harold Wilson] and on his admiration for a speech by AFB on Biafra and Nigeria (2); Hilary Marquand on plans for his memoirs and continuing political career; Winston Churchill on his view of [James] Harold Wilson's policy on Nigeria and Biafra; Lord Caradon [Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Permanent UK Representative at the United Nations, earlier Hugh Foot] on a speech by AFB in the House of Lords on Anguilla and the small territories, April 1969; Mark Bonham Carter, thanking AFB for a tribute to his mother [Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, earlier Violet Asquith and Lady Violet Bonham Carter] during a debate on Nigeria; Baroness Wootton of Abinger on subjects including her admiration for AFB's visit to Biafra and Nigeria; Sir Dingle Foot; Thomas Bower, thanking AFB for his help with a reference.

Also includes: photocopy of AFB's discharge certificate from the army for misconduct, 1919; photographs of crops and [?] [Cora] Wendy Campbell-Purdie, from [? the Bou Saada project, Algeria], 1966-67.

Dates

  • Creation: The majority of folios date from 1969

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box 50 #223

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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