ConferenceComparative statement of the main recommendations of the Simon Commission Report and the Round Table Conference
Trinity College Cambridge. - War 'a boredom', can learn a lot about human beings through it; fair in Cambridge.
Congratulations on engagement.
Ackworth Rectory. - Supports grant but cannot petition here; planned meeting at Pontefract: “Messrs Stainforth & Co . are perfectly rabid”; believes grant will have good results; others only care about political ground to be gained.
Shanks House, Wincanton. - Jonathan H. Lovett Cameron writes of a dinner at his house for Morindin to meet Milnes, but Morindin is staying here until Christmas; will invite Sidney [sic: Godolphin?] Osborne if Milnes plans to visit.
23 Abercromby Square, Liverpool. - Left Sheffield three weeks ago; Church doctrine and social improvement; Swedish Protestant education is unrivalled but Mr Laing believes 'their Social Condition [is] the most immoral in Europe'.
Includes correspondence with:
J. I. Beck, 1969
J. S. Bunt (Taylor's bequest of his portrait to Glenn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea), 1969
M. Deacon (taped interviews with Taylor), 1969
T. Griffiths (his profile of Taylor, see A.4), 1972
J. Hanson (history of Royal Aeronautical Establishment, etc.), 1968
R. MacLeod (Taylor's papers), 1972
M. Slocombe (BBC Sound Archives), 1970
Extract from article referring to Synge.
Pontefract. - Milnes should postpone visit until Easter; many are out of work.
45 Chesterton Road - 'Romany' letter from Dennis Robertson, Rosalind [Murray]'s bookplate.
Letter, 15 Oct. 1883, from J. W. L. Glaisher to the mother of a young man who may wish to become a student at Trinity, explaining what needs to be done to seek admission, the unlikelihood of his getting a college room in his first year, and the difficulty of estimating an undergraduate's expenditure. Enclosing a printed sheet with information on the entrance examinations to be held in Jan. 1884; a certificate at the bottom is to be to be filled in and returned to the College Tutor. There is also a printed folded sheet with information relating to non-collegiate students at Cambridge.
The prospective student is most likely William Hastings Bagshaw, son of William Edward Bradshaw of Pitt Place, Epsom, given the provenance of the documents; he was admitted as a student at Cambridge in October 1884, but at Pembroke rather than Trinity. His mother was Maria Roberts Bagshawe.
House of Commons, London.—Is unable to fulfil their intended engagement, but will get away from ‘W.R.’ briefly. He enjoyed their lunch together.