8 letters and 2 fragments of letters, from:
- Ramsay Macdonald, 6 Mar. 1914
- James Balfour, 8 Jan. 1920
- Lord Haldane, 4 May 1924
- E. Rutherford, 20 June 1925, accepting congratulations for his Order of Merit
- Albert, the future George VI, 26 Apr. 1926, accepting congratulations on the birth of his daughter Elizabeth
- Lord Cecil, 9 Sept. 1927
- Stanley Baldwin, 30 May 1930
- Lord Halifax, 8 Jan. 1941, will take a letter to Butler's brother, will be happy to see one of the family 'after working with Rab so long'
- two fragments signed by Stanley Baldwin and Lord Grey
Kings Coll Camb. - Thanks Trevelyan for sending the "Antigone": thinks the choral rhythms are good and could be an interesting influence for English poets. Thompson has been trying his own translation of the play, and Dickinson will send him Trevelyan's to compare. Wishes that Sheppard had more interest in reproducing the original rhythms in the Cambridge Greek Plays. Beryl de Zoete wants to train the next chorus, but also does not seem to be planning Greek rhythms. Death of [Edmund Dene] Morel is very sad. Is 'very gloomy' about Egypt, and about Lord Cecil; comments scathingly on English morals. Has got to 'the last month' in his work ["The International Anarchy, 1904-1918"] which is complicated but he thinks unimportant 'since the war was already there waiting for years before'.
Posed group with J. R. M. Butler in uniform. With signatures of almost all of the 8 people in the photograph below: Robert Cecil, Lord Cranborne, Frank Walters, Philip Baker, Mary Baker, Daisy Dudgeon. Stamped Photo-Boldo, Paris on verso.
Photograph by E. O. Hoppé, S. Kensington.
24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex.—Encloses copies of the notes she gave to Lord Cecil, whom Elizabeth Robins had named as a referee in her application for an British visa, and asks for help in expediting the business.
Details of adjournments, and all-party notices.
(Mechanical copy of a typed original. An item about a memorial to Viscount Cecil of Chelwood has been marked.)
Sends two guineas towards the Lord Cecil Memorial.
Thanks him for returning the booklet (see 1/129). Is glad the information was useful.
Gives the names and addresses of Dr and Mrs Ewing, specialists in aids for the deaf, and of Amplivox, from whom his wife bought her aid. Encloses a booklet about the Amplivox sets.
Sends £5 towards the cost of the Peace Ballot.
Sends £5 towards the cost of the National Declaration.
Thanks him for agreeing to spare time for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (see 1/122). Cecil’s secretary omitted to return his correspondence.
Asks him to open a debate at the conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and encloses related correspondence.
Congratulates him on his ministerial appointment (as Lord Privy Seal).
Praises Cecil’s address to his constituents, and recalls their association in the suffrage campaign.
Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Sussex.—Thanks him for his congratulations (on his appointment as a Companion of Honour).
Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath.—Thanks him for a book. His broken ribs are mending.
4 Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.—In his speech last night he criticised Asquith’s ‘levity and insincerity’ towards women’s suffrage, but his remarks were not reported.
16 South Eaton Place, S.W.1.—Returns a document (a booklet about Amplivox hearing-aids). He and his wife have bought a set, which seems valuable, though they intend to recommend some alterations.
16 South Eaton Place, S.W.1.—Thanks him for the information about Amplivox (see 1/138). Intends to visit them and try their crystal set. His wife is also interested.
16 South Eaton Place, S.W.1.—Thanks him for his donation towards the cost of the Peace Ballot (see 1/137). The results of the ballot exceeded expectations.