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24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton.—Invites her and Mr Lawrence to lunch.

24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton 1.—Thanks her for her helpful letter. She will know the date of her arrival at Braunwald within the next twenty-four hours. Is looking forward to her first flight.

Hotel Alpenblich, Braunwald, Switzerland.—Has been received kindly by Marie Jenny-Streiff, who has praised Mrs Pethick-Lawrence’s book (My Part in a Changing World).

24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton 1.—Discusses Marie Jenny-Streiff’s unsuccessful attempts to obtain a visa to visit England.

Valour House, Southwest Harbor, Maine.—Refers to her hurried departure from England and her delay at Lisbon. Asks how she might best assist the cause of persuading America to join the war.

24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex.—Invites him and Lady Pethick-Lawrence to visit her at the Cadogan Hotel during her stay in London.

24 Montpelier Crescent, Brighton 1.—Their last letter came when she was unwell. Is about to travel to New York, Pittsburgh, and Florida. Dr Martindale is flying to America at the same time.

Confirms her acceptance of an invitation (3/139).

Is pleased to hear of her arrival at Braunwald (see 3/141).

Barnfield Top, Bayley’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent.—Thanks her for her understanding response to the portrayal of Effie Shaw in her book (Royden’s autobiography, A Threefold Cord). Her initial hesitation to publish the book was overcome by the effect it had on the woman who typed it.

5 New End Square, N.W.3.—Is living at Freda Utley’s house in Hampstead, waiting to learn whether George (her husband) will be allowed to resign his present post and take a professorship in New York.

Nether Worton House, Middle Barton, Oxon.—Expresses sympathy on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.

Air Ministry.—Will arrange to interview Mrs Elsner next week. Congratulates her on her husband’s appointment (as Financial Secretary to the Treasury).

Is glad he is going to see Mrs Elsner. Thanks him for his congratulations.

Beatrice Webb Memorial, 20 Grove End Gardens, London, N.W.8.—Introduces the Beatrice Webb Memorial Fund and asks them to support it.

(Mechanical copy of a typed original, with typed additions.)

Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Representatives, Wellington, New Zealand.—Expresses sympathy, on behalf of his party and himself, on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.

Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Representatives, Wellington, New Zealand.—Thanks him for his letter, and praises the address he gave at Lady Pethick-Lawrence's cremation.

Transcript

Flat 5, 1 Hyde Park Street, W.2
13/9/61

Dear Lady Pethick Lawrence.…

I feel I must write to you about the loss of your husband, which must have been a great sorrow to you; & to assure you of our real sympathy during this week. To me it came as a great shock, as I had not even heard he was ill. He was probably my very oldest friend, & I had known him for well over 70 years. He was Captain of the Oppidans when I was at Eton & though (being much younger than he) I hardly knew him then, we did meet personally several times, because a) we both frequented the School Library, and b) we were both members of the Literary Society. Our real friendship began during the first decade of this century, as I was a great supporter of women’s suffrage & gave large sums to his collections, & also went to prison in 1914. Since then Emmeline & he were among my very dearest friends; we stayed with them when they lived in Holmwood—they stayed with us in Buckinghamshire—& more recently he frequently dined with us in town, & we used often to lunch at the House of Lords. I shall miss him more than I can say, & this week I have thought of little else. His was a very noble mind, & though he never was as far left as I am, it was always a joy & privilege to discuss real questions with him especially economics, which so few of the Labour Party leaders really understand. I was one of the original governors of the London School of Economics, which I helped Sidney Webb to found—so, as well as the Suffrage, we had all that in common.… I remember we dined together the night before he left for India on his great mission, & he said words that I shall never forget. “You & I have both fought for Freedom all our lives; to-morrow I am going to give Freedom to 400 million people.” Dear, dear Fred—his splendid brain, his modest retiring manner, his absolute integrity, were a combination that I have never met in anyone else. God rest his Soul! … Please forgive my unburdening my feelings to you for once

Yours sincerely & affectionately
Henry D. Harben

I need hardly say Miss Mulock joins me in all our feelings of sympathy & friendship to you.

Gwydyr House, Whitehall, S.W.1.—Thanks her for her letter about his forthcoming visit to India. The latest news from that country is encouraging.

C/o John Day Company, 40 East 49th Street, New York 17.—Congratulates her on her husband’s appointment as Secretary of State for India and on his elevation to the peerage. Many Indians hope that a more enlightened policy will now prevail. Intends to visit England on her return from the United States. Has been in hos-pital and is still convalescing.

11 Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, W.C.2.—Thanks her for her congratulations and wishes her a speedy recovery. Refers to the many bonds linking the Pethick-Lawrences to India, particularly in connection with the women’s suffrage movement, and expresses the hope that their feelings of friendship might lead to a real union between the two nations.

India House.—Invites Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence to tea at India House to meet Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the USSR.

They cannot accept the invitation to meet Mrs Pandit at India House, as they will be away from London.

India House.—Expresses condolences, on behalf of his countrymen and himself, on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.

India House.—Communicates a personal message of condolence from the Prime Minister of India (Nehru) on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.

Thanks him for his letter of sympathy (5/88) and for sending a representative, Mr Chatterjee, to yesterday’s cremation. Thanks the Prime Minister (Nehru) for his message.

Prime Minister’s House, New Delhi.—Expresses sympathy on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence, and refers to her involvement with the India League.

(Extracts from 5/91a, prepared for a meeting in memory of Lady Pethick-Lawrence (cf. 5/92).)

Prime Minister’s House, New Delhi.—Agrees to the use of an excerpt from his letter (see 5/91a-b) at a meeting in memory of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.