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Messages of Condolence on the illness and death of D. Lloyd George

The file includes letters addressed to D. Lloyd George during his final illness in February and March 1945, and messages of condolence sent to Frances following his death on 26 March 1945. The file includes letters from Margaret, Lady Birkenhead, Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir Percy Harris, Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris, Herbert Morrison (Lord Morrison of Lambeth), and Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso).

Birkenhead, Margaret, Lady,

Proposed Lloyd George Memorial College: letters declining support

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales, together with an original letter from Violet Carruthers (Markham). The file includes letters from Lord Altrincham, Clement Attlee, Lady Astor, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, E. Clement Davies, Margaret Greenwood, Professor W. J. Gruffydd, Herbert Morrison, Harold Nicholson, Sir Herbert Samuel and George Tomlinson. All the writers express their reluctance and hesitation to associate themselves with the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for declining to support the suggestion and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

Grigg, Edward, Sir, 1879-1955

Proposed Lloyd George Memorial College: letters offering support

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales. The file includes letters from Lord Beaverbrook, Aneurin Bevan, Robert Boothby, Sybil Thorndike Casson, Richard Crossman, Anthony Eden, James Griffiths, P. J. Grigg, Maurice Hankey, Augustus John, Harold J. Laski, Gilbert Murray, B. Seebohm Rowntree, Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso), and Jan Smuts. All the writers agree to support the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for supporting the proposal and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.

Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964

Letters from B. Seebohm Rowntree

The letters contain family and personal news, and often make arrangements for visits and engagements. There are also a few references to political news and events.

Rowntree, B. Seebohm (Benjamin Seebohm), 1871-1954

Letters relating to researches and writings on David Lloyd George

Letters, 1950-1972, mainly from historians and writers, relating to their research work on D. Lloyd George, details of publications and fees paid, notably in connection with Frank Owen, Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George, his Life and Times (London, 1954). The file includes letters from Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook (6), 1950-1964, Martin Gilbert [1960s], John Grigg, 1968, and A. J. P. Taylor, 1972.

Owen, Frank, 1905-1979

Probate and business correspondence

The letters relate to the preparation of Frances's various wills, the sale of the Lloyd George Papers to Lord Beaverbrook in 1949-1950, the management of Frances's properties at Churt and at Llanystumdwy, the letters patent of the peerage awarded to Lloyd George in 1945, and the execution of a deed of gift to Frances's sister Muriel.

Letters to David Lloyd George

The file comprises stray letters to D. Lloyd George, mostly of political interest. The file includes letters from Winston Churchill, undated, Lord Dawson of Penn, 1931, King George VI (telegram), 1945, General Douglas Haig, 1916, George Lambert, 1932, J. Ramsay MacDonald, 1932, Sir Herbert Samuel, 1932, D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, 1917, and Colonel T. F. Tweed, 1940. The letter from Lord Dawson of Penn advises Lloyd George in the wake of the political and constitutional crisis of August 1931.

George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952

Personalia

The file includes two poems written by Lloyd George on 'Bron-y-de' writing paper on the occasion of the birth of Jennifer Longford in 1929 in which he attempts to convey what the episode meant to Frances; other poems written by Lloyd George; and the draft of a letter from Lloyd George and Frances to Jennifer.

Correspondence,

Stray letters, messages, cards and postcards, 1916-91, acquired or collected by Jennifer Longford. All are connected with the Lloyd George family in some way, but there is very little or no relationship between the individual items within the group.

Ephemera

File contains various pieces of ephemera, including; a business card for Miss Annnie Rees, Soprano, blank cheques, newspaper cuttings, notes, pages from a calendar; a gardening notebook; a fragment from Hansard dated 10th April 1930 with a handwritten note 'My old companions fare you well, I will not go with you to hell'; an invitation to Frances and Jennifer Stevenson to a Buckingham Palace garden party, and papers related to the David Lloyd George Statue Appeal Trust.

Draft memorandum regarding the early stages of the First World War

Draft of memorandum, partly in the hand of Lloyd George and partly in the hand of Frances Stevenson, regarding the early stages of the First World War, and particularly the recruitment numbers, the impact of trench warfare, the munitions problems, the training of soldiers, military strategy on the eastern and western fronts, and the development of weapons.

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