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Correspondence A - Z, 1950-01 - 1950-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/44

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Frank Aydelotte, American Secretary to Rhodes Trustees (2); Jacques Bardoux (2); Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter on his resignation as Chairman of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; Ivor Brown; Andrew Burn (2); Sir Montague Burton; R A Butler [Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Advisory Committee on Policy] thanking LSA for his praise of the Conservative Manifesto; Mary Carnegie [earlier Mary Chamberlain]; Violet Carruthers [Violet Markham] (2); Richard Casey, Australian Minister of Works and Housing and of National Development (2); Joseph Coudurier de Chassaigne [George Saint-Clair]; Randolph Churchill; Sir William Clark [Chairman of the Royal Empire Society]; Eric Pridie, Chief Medical Officer, Colonial Office, on studies in anti-malarial work; Colin Coote [Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph]; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, thanking LSA for his sympathy on his retirement from ill health; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Publisher to Oxford University, on LSA's miscellaneous writings (2); Sir Hugh Dow [Consul-General, Jerusalem] on a partition of Jerusalem between Israel and the Arabs and stalemate between Israel and Jordan; John Dulanty; Leif Egeland, South African High Commissioner in London (2); Walter Elliot; [Andrew] Hamilton Gault; V Halperin on his biography of 1st Lord Milner (4); 1st Lord Hankey on LSA's autobiography, recalling the war crisis of 1911; Sir Patrick Hannon; Sir Alfred Hennessy; Sir Robert Hodgson; [Margaret] Patricia Hornsby-Smith, thanking LSA for his help in her election campaign; William Hughes on the forthcoming British elections and Australian political situation; 1st Lord Simon on the death of Olive Heseltine; [William] Mackenzie King; Sir Alec Kirkbride; Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to King George VI] on LSA's suggestion of 2nd Lord Tweedsmuir [earlier John Buchan] as [?] a future Governor-General of Canada; Sir John Latham; Dame Enid Lyons, thanking LSA for his congratulations on her appointment to the Australian Cabinet; [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] on subjects including Julian Amery, the lack of inspiration in the Conservative Party and LSA's autobiography and miscellaneous writings (3); Don Salvador de Madariaga; Vincent Massey (2); Edwin Monro, Chairman of the National Rifle Association (2); [Isabelle] Hope Muntz (6); Sir John Murray, senior director of John Murray, publishers [and editor of the Quarterly Review] on subjects including V Halperin's biography of 1st Lord Milner (5); Mary Noyes; Reginald Paget on the development of armoured forces and National Service; Israel Sieff [Vice-President, World Jewish Congress] (2); James Parkes on the divisions between pro-Israeli and pro-Arab supporters over Palestine (2); Sir Arthur Pickard-Cambridge; [Christian] Paul Pineau (2); 1st Lord Reith on taking up the Chairmanship of the Colonial Development Corporation; Sir Charles Rey commenting on political corruption in South Africa and the Immorality Bill; General Sir Brian Robertson, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces, on LSA's Middle East Defence paper and commenting on the British position in Egypt; Ronald Russell on a proposal by Italy for a European preferential tariff area; Sir Reginald St Johnston; Sir [James] Arthur Salter (writing to LSA and William Casey, Editor of the Times) on emergency food storage in case of a submarine blockade, European tariffs and whether to stand for election again (5); 1st Lord Samuel; Sir Maharaj Singh, Governor of Bombay [India] on LSA's tribute to Jan Smuts and the different Indian view; Jan Smuts on subjects including LSA's decision not to stand for election and the Soviet Union's ambitions in the Far East (4); Nona Smythe on Frank Smythe's biography; Percy Spender, Australian Minister for External Affairs, on subjects including the situation in the Middle East and Empire economic relations (2); Freya Stark; Edgar Stogdon (2); Marie Stopes; Sir Ronald Storrs; Angela Thirkell (3); Sir [Sydney] Richard Wells on LSA standing as an election candidate for Bedford (2); Thomas White, Australian Minister for Air and Civil Aviation on the results of the Australian elections, hopes of a similar result for Britain and increased scope in aviation following the development of the jet engine; Edgar Williams, Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, asking LSA to write the entry for Jan Smuts; Sir [Francis] Reginald Wingate (with note to Wingate from Admiral Sir Walter Cowan).

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-01 - 1950-12

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

3 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 203

Finding aid date

2004-07-20 14:42:31.280000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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