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The letters relate to the writer's researches on Lord Hankey and seek Frances Stevenson's assistance in identifying photographs and understanding references in Hankey's diaries.

Most of the early letters (pre-1945) are addressed to Frances as private secretary to Lloyd George, some referring to political and national events; many of those after 1945 also refer to Lloyd George and to contemporary political life. -- The file includes letters from Dr Christopher Addison, 1915, the 4th Marquess Cholmondeloy, 1923, Sir Joseph Davies, [1919], Sir Dingle Foot, 1970, Michael Foot, [?1967], King George VI, 1948, Martin Gilbert, 1964, John Grigg, 1972, P. J. Grigg, 1949, Laura Grimond, 1969, Maurice Hankey, [1960s], Lord Inchape, 1922, Lord Lothian, 1939, James Morris [Jan Morris], 1967, B. S. Rowntree (2), 1915-1916, Captain Stephen Roskill, 1970, Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1949, Mary Soames, 1966, A. J. Sylvester, 1923, Jeremy Thorpe, 1969, and Harold Wilson, 1966.

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.

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).

Group photograph of Frances Stevenson, endorsed 'at Modanc on the way to Rapallo, 1917'. The photograph also includes Sir Maurice Hankey, J. T. Davies, Henry Wilson, and General Jan Christian Smuts.