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Copy of a letter from WSC to Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] informing him that he believes that [Major-General Hastings] Ismay should be awarded a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath] because of his high position in the 'executive machine'. Carbon typescript.

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Copy of a letter to Victor Bouvenzier [Private Secretary to Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] enclosing a copy of a letter from WSC to Eden [see CHAR 20/1/48] suggesting that he should find out whether WSC's decision [regarding an honour for Major-General Hastings Ismay] had been altered. Carbon typescript.

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Copy of a letter from [WSC] to Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] informing him that he believes that [Major-General Hastings] Ismay should be awarded a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath] because of his high position in the 'executive machine'. Unsigned typescript.

Scope and Contents Correspondence (May - June 1940) between WSC and Sir Alexander Hardinge [Private Secretary to King George VI] and a draft letter from WSC to the King on WSC's request for Brendan Bracken [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC] to be made a Privy Councillor; the King refused as such positions were reserved "for those who have attained high office in, or rendered long service to, the State"; WSC persuaded him that Bracken had avoided high office by remaining as Private Secretary to WSC and...

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Letter from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to WSC suggesting James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] for the Chief Whip appointment, in preference to Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne] or James Stuart. [manuscript; incorrectly dated "1940"].

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Letter from "Rosie" [Lady Ridley] to WSC recommending her son, Matthew [3rd] Lord Ridley [Chairman of Committee in Mines Department and of Northumberland County Council] for a place in the reconstructed government.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Neville Chamberlain on the composition of the new War Cabinet: [Clement] Attlee and [Arthur] Greenwood both want to be included; WSC wants A V Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough], [Herbert] Morrison and [Ernest] Bevin; [Hugh] Dalton and [Sir Archibald] Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] must be considered; asks Chamberlain to be Lord President of the Council; adds that British and French Forces are already on the Antwerp-Namur line [Belgium]. [draft carbon;...

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Letter from Margot, Lady Oxford [and Asquith, earlier Margot Asquith] (44, Bedford Square, London) to WSC asking him to find work for [1st] Lord Trenchard. Pencil manuscript.

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Letter from Sir Murdoch MacDonald MP to WSC proposing James Henderson-Stewart for Under-Secretary of State for Scotland; adds that he urged [Clement] Attlee and [Arthur] Greenwood to serve under WSC's premiership. [manuscript].

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Letter from Richard Morris, former Liberal MP, to WSC proposing Thomas Horabin MP for an under-secretaryship because of his organisational skills [signed typescript]; with acknowledgement from [Prime Minister's Private Secretary, John] Peck.

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Letter from Sir John Reith [Minister of Transport] to [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary Eric] Seal suggesting that Robert Bernays MP might be appointed as his under-secretary.

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List of names on envelope and "Humble suggestions" of names for office. [manuscript, in the hand of Brendan Bracken].

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Letter from John [1st] Lord Stonehaven [earlier Sir John Baird] to Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] proposing that [1st] Lord Weir be made Secretary of State for Air in preference to Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood]. [typescript] Forwarded to WSC by Halifax.

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Letter from [1st] Lord Greenwood [in capacity as acting President of the Steel Federation] to WSC asking him to keep Sir Andrew Duncan at the Board of Trade; put Sir John Reith at the Air Ministry, "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken] or Beverley Baxter at the Ministry of Information, Ernest Bevin at the Ministry of Supply, and keep [Leo] Amery in mind. [manuscript].

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Letter from [4th] Lord Salisbury to WSC declining the suggestion that he could be of use on the Front Bench, and pleading old age as his reason; as an alternative he proposes [2nd] Lord Zetland [earlier Lord Ronaldshay], with [1st] Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister], Sir Patrick Hastings and [11th] Lord Balfour of Burleigh [earlier George Bruce] for substantial office. [manuscript].

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Letter from Leo Amery to WSC asking for Sir Hugh O'Neill [later 1st Lord Rathcavan] as his Under-Secretary of State; refers to [Harold] Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], "Dick" [Richard] Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine], [Robert] Boothby, [Lord] Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil, later 5th Lord Salisbury], [Paul] Emrys-Evans, and [Clement] Davies. [typescript] Encloses letter from Norman ?[Robotham; page damaged] on WSC's popularity in San Francisco [United States]. [manuscript].

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Letter from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC on the leadership of the House of Lords: [4th Lord] Salisbury is too old to deal with the stress, Jim [7th Lord] Stanhope [earlier Lord Mahon] not worth considering, [2nd Lord] Zetland [earlier Lord Ronaldshay] "does not fit into your whole bill" so [1st Lord] Caldecote [earlier Sir Thomas Inskip] or [1st Lord] Snell would be the best choice. [typescript].

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Letter from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Secretary of State for War, to WSC with details about "Jim" [James] Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], suggesting him for Government Whip, enclosing a note from Thomas who has been classified unfit for military service. [typescript and manuscript].

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Letter from WSC to Neville Chamberlain [Lord President of the Council] asking him to consider the enclosed letter to Sir John Anderson MP [later 1st Lord Waverley, Home Secretary] expressing doubts about Sir Hugh Elles in the light of his recent "foolish broadcast" and failure to inspire confidence; WSC suggests [John] Moore-Brabazon [later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] as a replacement but has not decided whether appointment should be ministerial or non-ministerial. [copy].

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Letter from "H J W" [Sir Horace Wilson, Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service] to Sir James Grigg (War Office) conveying the favourable opinion of [?Sir] Warren [Fisher, Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] of [Lieutenant-General] Robert Haining as "a born Chief of Staff and would be first rate in that capacity to armies in the field". [carbon].

Scope and Contents Minute [from WSC] to Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Kingsley Wood] favouring the appointment of [Sir James] Grigg [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War] over [Sir Arthur] Street [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air] to the post [of Head of HM Civil Service]; mentions that Permanent Secretary to the Treasury [and Civil Service Head, Sir Horace Wilson] has "a very bad record and is the object of widespread distrust". [typescript copy] Encloses note from the Lord Privy Seal...

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Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Lord Privy Seal] on the awarding of honours: it would not possible to give a privy councillorship to Charles Ammon as political honours are not being awarded; David Grenfell [Secretary for Mines], as a minister is eligible, however then [John] Llewellin [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Aircraft Production] would have to receive consideration.

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Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] informing him that Ambassadors do not automatically become Privy Councillors and criticisms have been made of the abilities of Sir Miles Lampson [British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, later 1st Lord Killearn] by Clement Attlee [Lord Privy Seal] amongst others, but if Eden is adamant WSC will submit Lampson's name to King George VI.

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Letter from WSC to Richard Bennett proposing that he be nominated for a Viscounty.

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Letter from WSC to Sir Wilfrid Greene [Master of the Rolls] proposing that he be nominated for a Barony.