Letter from 3rd Lord Dufferin and Ava (Carlton Club, [London]) to WSC expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester and stating that "most of us Northern Ireland people" hoped he would win.

Letter from Sir William Beveridge [later Lord Beveridge] (the London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, Aldwych, London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester and attributing it to ingratitude for his wartime services.

Letter from Walter Faber (Welford Grange, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) to WSC expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester, despite their political differences.

Letter from ? (Royal Naval College, Greenwich, [London]) to WSC sympathising with him on his defeat in Leicester.

Letter from Lord Inchcape [earlier Sir George Mackay] (4 Seamore Place, Mayfair, [London]) to WSC expressing regret at his defeat [in Leicester] but suggesting that at least Free Trade is safe. Thinks that Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] must be cursing his advisers.

Letter from Douglas Jerrold (10 Cornwall Gardens, London) to CSC thanking her for her hospitality in Leicester and regretting the election result there.

Letter from Alexander Shaw [later Lord Craigmyle] (24 Prince's Gate, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on the fight he put up in the Leicester election, which has damaged the cause of Protection and attracted the esteem of Free Traders everywhere.

Letter from Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] (Holm Foundry, Cathcart, Glasgow, [Scotland]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester and inviting him to talk about "a real opportunity of doing useful work" if he gets tired of politics.

Letter from Charles Masterman (46 Gillingham Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on [the result of the criminal libel proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas] and expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester.

Letter from George Lambert [later Lord Lambert] (Reform Club, [London]) to WSC expressing regret [at his defeat in Leicester] and adding: "your speeches were the finest in the Campaign - something to bite at - they were not pap or slosh.".

Letter from Herbert Fisher (Thursley, Godalming, Surrey) to WSC congratulating him on his fight for Liberalism and Free Trade at Leicester, regretting that he (Fisher) did not help in the constituency and stressing the need for the Liberals to create an efficient national electoral machine because it is clear that most of the country supports Free Trade and is anti-Socialist.

Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Merly House, Wimborne, [Dorset) to WSC expressing regret at his defeat in Leicester and confidence that he will soon return. Thinks Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Badlwin] "has smashed the Tory party.".

Letter from Captain Albert Larking, secretary of the Early Closing Association (30-40 Ludgate Hill, London) to WSC expressing the hope that a general election will not be called in December because it will interfere with Christmas shopping, to the detriment of the retail trade.

Letter from Edward Marsh to Captain Albert Larking, secretary of the Early Closing Association (30-40 Ludgate Hill, [London]) stating that the date of the general election is still uncertain and that WSC is feeling better. Carbon copy.

Letter from William Buist (Richard Buist & Sons, cabinet makers, upholsterers and carpet warehousemen, 100-108 Commercial Street, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) regretting his defeat in Leicester, blaming the narrow defeat of the Liberal candidate in Dundee on members of the liquor trade and referring to the "magnificent" Liberal meeting on the eve of the poll.

Letter from H Hackett (354 Fosse Road North, Leicester) to WSC expressing regret at WSC's defeat in Leicester and stating that it did not surprise him because the Liberals, unlike Labour, have done little or no educational work in the constituency. Deplores the fact that public men like WSC should be open to such scandalous accusations as that made by [Lord Alfred Douglas].

Letter from ? Broughton (37 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, [London]) to WSC regretting that he (WSC) will not be in the House of Commons and congratulating him on his defeat of "a noble degenerate" [Lord Alfred Douglas].

Letter from ?W R Hill (Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on the conviction of Lord Alfred Douglas] and sympathising with him over the attacks he suffered in the election and in court.

Letter from Frederick Kellaway (16 Eliot Park, Lewisham, [London]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) congratulating him on the conviction of Lord Alfred Douglas, which will set an example to other potential libellers of public men, and expressing regret at WSC's election defeat in Leicester because WSC is needed in the House of Commons in the present "dark and troubled" outlook.

Letter from Randal Charlton (58 Warwick Square, Belgravia, [London]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) referring to his (Charlton's) letter in the press on the trial of Lord Alfred Douglas and Lord Northcliffe's [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] views on the war, congratulating WSC on his fortitude during the trial and expressing regret at his defeat in West Leicester.

Letter from Brigadier-General Frank Crozier (8 Devonport Street, London) to [WSC] reporting that a reward was offered for Michael Collins in Dublin [Ireland], reflecting on the way in which he has followed WSC around to different parts of the world, notably South Africa and Belfast [Ulster, Ireland], and on how WSC was defeated in Leicester and Crozier in Portsmouth [Hampshire].