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A group of stray letters penned by various members of the Stevenson family or sent to them. The most significant items are three letters, 1915, from Frances to Paul Stevenson giving him news when he was on active service in France.

Miscellaneous notes accumulated by Ruth Longford while researching and writing Frances, Countess Lloyd George: More than a Mistress (Leominster, 1996), including notes on source materials, typescript draft memoirs by Jennifer Longford, a typescript dissertation [? by Ruth Longford] on Lloyd George and Hitler, and miscellaneous stray sources which had come into her possession.

The letters were written by Paul Stevenson to either of his parents or to one of his sisters Frances or Muriel. Most of the letters describe Paul's experiences while on active service in France in the trenches during the first world war where he was killed in action in 1915. There are some references to contemporary international events and developments.

The letters are personal, and contain mainly family and personal news. There is much local news of events at Churt sent to Jennifer while she was living at Tanganyika.

The letters are highly personal and contain domestic and family news. There are many references to Jennifer, and some to members of the Lloyd George family.

Miscellaneous notes, doodles etc. in Jennifer's hand.

The letters were written by Marjorie Hackett who was employed by Frances as a nanny to care for Jennifer. They describe in some detail Jennifer's activities, her development and her reaction to events. There are many references to local events at Churt and news of other members of the family.

School reports, circulars, lists of instructions, and examination papers deriving from Jennifer's periods at nursery school and at Penrhos College Junior School, Colwyn Bay.

The letters give domestic and family news and recount her experiences at school.

The letters describe her experiences and activities at her various schools and in her leisure time. There are some references to Lloyd George.

The letters were all written by Jennifer as a child and give domestic and family news and recount her experiences at school.

Letters from Frances Stevenson to her parents from Paris with accounts of the 1919 Peace Conference between 16th April and 17th June 1919, giving an insight into how both she and Lloyd George viewed the treaty terms. Frances notes that she believed the terms will lead to 'a good peace, not one that will cause another war in 10 or 20 years time' while 'The PM says it is a terrible document' and that 'there has been no such treaty presented to any nation since Carthage'. Frances also notes concerns over the length of time that the talks were taking noting 'that unless you get the treaty signed now, there will be Bolshevism everywhere'.

File comprises a typed essay by John Grigg entitled 'Lloyd George and an American donation: new light on the financial ethics of a great man.

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.

File comprises a copy of 'The decline and fall of Lloyd George' by Lord Beaverbrook, with a dedication to Frances on the title page.

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.

File comprises a booklet entitled 'How to tackle unemployment' by David Lloyd George, published in 1930; a booklet entitled 'Can Lloyd George do it? by J. M. Keynes and H. D. Henderson, published in 1929; a copy of the House of Commons Official Report for April 5th and 6th 1939; and a programme book for the Glyndebourne Festival in 1953.

File comprises a copy of the 20th April 1940 edition of 'Picture Post' which includes 2 items (pages 19-25 and 55-57) entitles 'At home with Lloyd George'.

Various newspaper articles related to David Lloyd George including reports of his marriage to Frances Stevenson in 1943, copies of articles from the 'Sunday Dispatch' based on extracts from A. J. Sylvester's book along with copies of letters from Frances Stevenson and Richard Lloyd George regarding the image portrayed in the articles, including Lloyd George's meeting with Adolf Hitler, articles on the First World War, Lloyd George in later life, Valerie Lloyd George's marriage, political cartoons, articles by Lloyd George on various subject and an article by Winston Churchill speculating on a comeback for Lloyd George in 1931.

File comprises of a scrap book of newspaper stroies related to the marriage of David Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson in 1943.