Letter from WSC to Thomas Loveday [Vice-Chancellor, Bristol University] proposing that he be nominated for a knighthood; hopes he will accept the honour this time rather than declining.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Rushcliffe [earlier Henry Betterton] proposing that he be nominated for the honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Nuffield [earlier William Morris] proposing that he be nominated for the honour of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.

Letter from WSC to Vincent Massey [High Commissioner for Canada in Britain] proposing that he should be recommended for a position on the Privy Council.

Letters from Waldorf Astor [later 2nd Lord Astor of Hever Castle] (Cliveden [Buckinghamshire]) to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC], supporting the application of Allan Gordon Hambly for a commission as a Paymaster in the Royal Navy.

Letter from E. Mayne to WSC, asking for help in obtaining Greenwich Pension for his father-in-law.

Letter from E. Mayne to WSC, on attempt to obtain Greenwich Pension for his father-in-law.

Letter from E.Mayne to WSC, on attempt to obtain Greenwich Pension for his father-in-law.

Letter from Edward Leighton Buckwell (Newington Vicarage, Folkestone, [Kent]) to WSC stating that he has cited WSC as a referee in support of his application for a post in the colonial police force.

Letter from C.J. Balaam to WSC, asking for help in obtaining post as Assistant Paymaster in the Royal Navy.

Letter from Lord Hardwicke, War Office, to WSC, on award of South African Medal to one of WSC's constituents, E. Sherer, late Royal Army Medical Corps.

Letter from John Beasley Thornhill to WSC, asking for help in obtaining post with the Colonial Service.

Letter from William G Geoghegan (22 St Mels Terrace, Drumcondra, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC (105 Mount Street) requesting a letter of support for his application for a clerkship with the Local Government Board for Ireland.

Letter from Shane Leslie (10 Great Cumberland Place, [London]) to WSC recommending Rev R G Bury to a canonry or other good living in the Church. Returned with CHAR 2/46/11.

Letter from Reginald McKenna (Home Office) to WSC acknowledging WSC's recommendation that Major Atcherley, who has done excellent police work in the West Riding [of Yorkshire], should be considered for a post in the Home Office.

Letter from C.R. Roberts to WSC on recommendation for the Victoria Cross, asking WSC to use his influence to secure award [Roberts had been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal].

Letter from Sir Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham] to WSC in response to a letter from WSC requesting him to resign as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, as the office is needed for a Labour representative; Grigg regrets the decision but will consider the offer of a peerage; also includes letter from Grigg (1940) thanking WSC for his appointment and rejecting a peerage.

Letter from WSC to Geoffrey Shakespeare [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Dominions Office] asking him to resign and offering him a baronetcy; with reply agreeing and asking for time to consider the offer of a baronetcy.

Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] asking if he would accept appointment as an Honorary Field Marshal of the British Army.

Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] asking his approval for Vincent Massey [Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]to be made a Privy Counsellor.

Telegram from Acting High Commissioner of South Africa, with message from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC accepting the appointment as an Honorary Field Marshal of the British Army.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] recommending Eric Seal, formerly Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, now appointed Secretary of the Admiralty in Washington.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC promising to assist Eric Seal [formerly Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, now appointed Secretary of the Admiralty in Washington].

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] asking him to contact Josiah Wedgwood on tour in America and enquire whether he would accept a Barony of the United Kingdom and represent Labour in the House of Lords; with reply of acceptance from Wedgwood.

Telegram from WSC to Viceroy of India [Lord Linlithgow] on need for a change of command in the Middle East; suggests swapping General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] and General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, India]; with covering note to Secretary of State for India [Leopald Amery].