Personal letters from LSA to AFA, 1914-01 - 1914-12
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: LSA's visit to Ulster and his stay with 6th Lord Londonderry; speeches, LSA's growing popularity as a speaker and his view that Arthur Balfour and Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of the Conservative Party] were not pressing Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] hard enough in debate; LSA's intelligence work on General Sir Henry Rawlinson's staff with the 4th Corps in Flanders [Belgium]; the First Battle of Ypres; finding his brother Harold Amery in hospital; the death of Major Hugh Dawnay; the death of 1st Lord Roberts; a visit from King George V and the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Edward, Duke of Windsor].
Dates
- Creation: 1914-01 - 1914-12
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fragile.
Former / Other Reference
Box 386
Finding aid date
2004-12-22 10:05:38.360000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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