Letter from WSC to Lord Macmillan [Chairman, Political Honours Scrutiny Committee] on the need to elevate 4 Labour members to the House of Lords to redress the balance "for the effectual conduct of Debates".

Letter from WSC to 17th Lord Derby [earlier Lord Stanley] thanking him for recommending Alderman Alfred Shennan for an honour but explaining that Lancashire and Liverpool are already in receipt of a large number of Honours in comparison to other counties.

Letter from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] (War Office, Whitehall [London]) to WSC recommending that [Major-General Hastings] Ismay should be awarded a KBE [Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire] instead of a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath]. Signed typescript.

Note to WSC discussing an honour for [Major-General Hastings] Ismay and suggesting that he deserves a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath] instead of a KBE [Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire]. Typescript annotated by WSC with a note that he agrees.

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.

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.

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.

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on saving of oil in First Fleet flotillas. He also proposes to transfer the Admiralty steam barge from Portsmouth [Hampshire] to the Thames, where it could be used by members of the Board of Admiralty for visits to naval establishments on the river; also on proposals to open the Order of the Bath to officers of self-governing Dominions and Colonies.

Submission from [? James Masterton Smith, Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, recommending Lieutenant-Commander Robinson for promotion to Commander. Includes note of WSC's reply, agreeing and making other recommendations for promotions or decorations.

Minute by WSC, on decision to submit the name of Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore for a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath], stating that it was important that awards for peace-time service should be cleared off first, and not intermingled with those for war service. [Carbon] [Admiral Moore was awarded the KCB in 1914].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later Lord Milford Haven] stating that he could not pass over Rear-Admiral Alexander Duff in favour of Rear-Admiral Horace Hood for the post of Rear Admiral, 4th Battle Squadron, as Duff was senior, and had been promised the post once mobilisation was complete. WSC recommends Hood for the Dover Patrol. [Hand-written copy, unsigned].

Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain suggesting [1st] Lord Lloyd [of Dolobran] for the post of Additional Civil Lord overseeing the Fleet Air Arm and [Alfred] Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] to take over Lloyd's position as Chairman of the British Council. [carbon].

Letter from Lord Haldane (28, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster [London]) to WSC informing him that he has recommended Major-General John Brabazon be made Knight Commander of the Bath; asking WSC to write to Robert Harcourt recommending Major-General Cecil Macready for Knight Commander of St Michael and St George; and requesting a copy of WSC's proposals concerning aliens in fortified places during wartime. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] to Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] in which he says that King George V and Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to the King], have the power to make appointments to the Companion of Imperial Service Order, but that he does not think that Mr Nutt should be given this honour. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/43 and CHAR 12/2/44.

Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to King George V], (Frogmore House, Windsor [Berkshire]) to Sir George Murray, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, asking on the King's behalf that Mr Nutt be appointed to the Companion of Imperial Service Order. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/42 and CHAR 12/2/44.

Letter from [Sir Edward Troup, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to [WSC] recording agreement with Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] concerning recommendations to the Companion of Imperial Service Order. Manuscript signed with initials. See CHAR 12/2/42 and CHAR 12/2/43.

Letter from Adolphus Liddell [Private Secretary to Lord Chancellor] (House of Lords) to Edward Marsh enclosing Henry Stanger's letter [see CHAR 12/2/54] and reporting that the Lord Chancellor [Lord Loreburn, earlier Sir Robert Reid,] can do nothing regarding the case, as Judge Stanger "does not seem inclined to go". Signed manuscript.

Letter from Frederick Mackarness MP (House of Commons Library) to WSC asking him to use his influence with Lord Crewe to obtain a Privy Councillorship for John Merriman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, [South Africa].

Letter from Alexander ? (4 Devonshire Place, [London]) to WSC asking whether he can assist H V Sawyer, a former captain in the Indian Army who lost his arm after a panther bite and is seeking a post as Assistant Inspector under the Poor Law.

Letter from James E Platt (Ingmanthorpe Hall, Wetherby, [Yorkshire]) to WSC asking him to see the Prime Minister to support Platt's claim to a knighthood or a baronetcy. Annotated that WSC will consider what he can do.

Letter from E S Grieve (Cliffburn, Alyth, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to Blanche, Lady Hozier asking her to ask WSC to try and obtain a government post for her nephew, John Barclay Milne, an analytical chemist who served and worked in South Africa.