Showing 2 results

The file includes a total of 43 letters, 1933-1964, from Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, to Frances, mainly discussing the Lloyd George Papers which Frances sold to the Beaverbrook Foundation in 1949-1950, and to Beaverbrook's own researches on Lloyd George. There is also a group of letters, 1952-1955, from Frank Owen concerning the writing and publication of Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George his Life and Times (London, 1954). Some of the letters relate to Frances's intention to write her autobiography and her use of the Lloyd George Papers during the 1950s, and her eventual publication of The Years that are Past in 1967. There are also 2 letters, 1961, 1970, from John Grigg, and a group of 29 letters, 1969-1970, from A. J. P. Taylor mainly relating to the publication of Frances's diaries.

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.