File NLW ex 1543-1545. - Three scrapbooks of press cuttings and papers assembled by Edward James (1885-1971), London editor of the Western Mail and South ...,

Three scrapbooks of press cuttings and papers assembled by Edward James (1885-1971), London editor of the Western Mail and South Wales Echo, 1913-59, a barrister, prominent Conservative and member of Holborn Borough Council, 1935-65:. Press cuttings and papers, 1903-28, many relating to the Tonypandy Riots of 1910, the abortive home rule campaign of E. T. John, 1910-14, and the Suffragette campaigns (Edward James gave evidence in 1913 in a court case against Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst) (NLW ex 1543). Press cuttings and papers, 1914-40, many concerning the implementation of the Welsh Church Act, 1920, notably its disendowment clauses, and the devolution campaigns of the early 1920s, together with letters from Sir Alfred Robbins, 1923, J. A. Sandbrook, 1936, and A. J. Sylvester, 1933 (NLW ex 1544). Press cuttings and papers, 1934-59, some relating to Stanley Baldwin, D. Lloyd George and Dr Thomas Jones, C.H., together with a letter from Sir Alfred T. Davies, 1948 (NLW ex 1545).