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Letter, 12 March 1947, from Edith Evans, Colwyn Bay, to Countess Lloyd-George, decrying the recent article by A. J. Sylvester in the Sunday Dispatch. Assures her that no-one will take any notice of its contents. The writer's husband used to drive for the Lloyd Georges at Colwyn Bay and at Chatsworth. Is writing this letter unknown to her husband.

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.

Letter, 20 March 1947, from Countess Lloyd-George to Mrs Edith Evans, Colwyn Bay (carbon copy). Is grateful for her letter. She has been 'much distressed' by the recent articles published by A. J. Sylvester and appreciates the support which she has received from many correspondents. Was pleased to receive news of recipient's husband who was most supportive to the writer at both Colwyn Bay and Chatsworth.

The file contains letters from Rebecca West referring to the proposed publication of a volume by Messrs Methuen which has passages about Miss West and about D. Lloyd George, requesting Lloyd George to autograph a photograph of himself for a Macedonian abbot, and giving the writer's reaction to the publication of A. J. Sylvester's The Real Lloyd George (1947).

Page from the Sunday Dispatch, 9 March 1947, containing an article by A. J. Sylvester, 'Hyphen saved Earl's title' taken from his volume The Real Lloyd George (1947).

Letter, 16 March 1947, from E. A. Lessing, Kensington, to Countess Lloyd-George. Sympathises with recipient because of the tone and contents of the recent press articles published by A. J. Sylvester. Many people are sure to resent Sylvester's heavily biased appraisal of Lloyd George.