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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	Public and political: Later subject files
Reference	GLLD 17
Covering Dates	1921–1940
Extent and Medium	18 boxes [64 files and 1 volume]

Content and context

Files on Africa and Asia, Egypt, India and general topics.

Index Terms

Churchill/GLLD 17 contains:

Africa and Asia: items 1-25. Press cuttings, speeches and lectures, articles, and correspondence, on countries including: Egypt, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe], South Africa, Palestine, and Turkey. On subjects including the Balfour Declaration. Includes summary of speech by Sir Arnold Wilson to the Royal Central Asia Society and letter from J. P. Niehaus [Assistant Attorney General, South West Africa [Namibia]] to Professor Smith on the subject of Union Government.
1 file.

1930–1935

Africa and Asia: items 26-50. Press cuttings, letters, and memoranda, on countries including: Palestine, Yemen, Persia [Iran], Iraq, and Kuwait. On subjects including: Assyrians in Iraq, petroleum and oil. Includes agreement between Sheikh Sir Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Subah [Prince of Kuwait] and Traders Limited of Newcastle upon Tyne concerning the Kuwait Oil Concession. Letters from correspondents including C. Crunford, Arthur Merton, and A. Stein.
1 file.

1930–1934

Africa and Asia: items 51-75. Correspondence, press cuttings, articles, and memoranda, on countries and regions including: Turkestan, Japan, and China. Including memoranda on the workings of the Chinese courts. Also includes correspondence concerning refusal of grant of oil concession in Kuwait to Messrs. Traders Limited of Newcastle upon Tyne.
1 file.

1930–1935

Africa and Asia: items 76-100. Correspondence, memoranda, press cuttings, and articles, on countries including: China, Japan, Algeria, Morocco, and Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. Includes speech by Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Ambassador to Britain [6 Apr 1932]; memoranda and article by O. M. Green on the situation in China, particularly with regards to Shanghai; letter from Robert C. D. Bradley on 'the future of the Far East', and article by Edwin Haward, editor of 'The North-China Daily News', entitled 'The Manchurian Medley'. Also includes newspaper article by Leo Amery on Abyssinia [Ethiopia] , entitled 'Don't Drift into War!'.
1 file.

1931–1935

Africa and Asia: items 101-125. Memoranda, articles, correspondence, written answers to Parliamentary questions by Lloyd, and press cuttings, on countries and regions including: Abyssinia [now Ethiopia], South Africa, East Africa [now Kenya], Palestine, Assyria, Cyprus, and islands in the Red Sea. Includes letter and memorandum from F. Cavendish Bentinck in Nairobi concerning the future of Tanganyika territory, and Royal Institute of International Affairs memoranda on Abyssinia and Italy, and the eventual transfer of South African Protectorates to the Union. Also on subjects including territorial disputes over the [Great] Hanish Islands and Tiran Island in the Red Sea; the situation of Assyrians in Iraq.
1 file.

1935–1936

Africa and Asia: items 126-150. Includes account of visit to Spain [Oct 1939]. Part 1: Correspondence concerning Prince Samy of Turkey, of the former Turkish royal family and now living in London. With correspondents including Sir Alexander Cadogan, W. G. M. Edwards, Lewis Biddulph, C. J. Norton [Private Secretary to Sir Robert Vansittart], and Prince Samy. Part 2: Diary accounts of official visits to the Middle East [Mar 1937] and Spain [Oct 1939]; papers on Palestine, and a small number of papers on countries including South Africa and Eastern Africa. Account of trip to the Middle East in March 1937, to locations including Amman [Jordan], Jerusalem, Cyprus, Ramleh and Port Said [Egypt], describes meetings and conversations with persons including Emir Abdullah, Colonel Cox, the Mufti [of Jerusalem, Haj Emin Hussein], staff at the Hebrew University, and Ralph Harari. Detailed account of visit to Spain, via France, includes descriptions of meetings and conversations with: Bendor [Duke of Westminster]; the Marquis de Jocourt; Monsignor Henson [Rector of the English College in Valladolid]; the British Ambassador to Spain; Beigbeder Atienza [Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs]; Cardinal Gomo [the Cardinal Primate of Spain], and General Franco. Documents relating to Palestine include letter to Lloyd from Major Glubb, and the evidence of Colonel S[tewart] F. Newcombe to the Palestine Royal Commission.
2 files.

1936–1939

Africa and Asia: items 151-175. Articles, reports, correspondence, press cuttings, and memoranda, on countries including: South Africa, Palestine, and Yemen. With correspondents including Major Glubb and M. Noel Kennedy [Secretary of the Royal Central Asian Society]. Includes report by the organising secretary of the Assyrian Settlement National Appeal on his visit to Geneva [6-30 Sept 1937], articles from anti-slavery journals, and notes by Canon Bridgeman on Assyrians in Khabur. Also includes press cutting on Japan.
1 file.

1934–1937

Africa and Asia: items 176-200. Reports, correspondence, minutes, articles, and press cuttings, on countries including: Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]; Palestine; East Africa [now Kenya]; Abyssinia [now Ethiopia], and Turkey. Includes: minutes of meeting 'in Lord Lloyd's Room to Discuss Possibilities of Propaganda in Moslem Countries' [14 Apr 1939]; correspondence with Major F. Cavendish Bentinck concerning the Tanganyika Territory; letter by Abdullatif Bey Selah intended for the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Malcolm MacDonald], forwarded to Lloyd by Colonel Stewart Newcombe for advice on whether it should be sent; notes on the Balfour Declaration; letters from Sir Percy Loraine [British Ambassador in Turkey]; notes on amalgamating Northern and Southern Rhodesia, and arguments against income tax in East Africa [Kenya].
1 file.

1938–1939

Africa and Asia: items 201-208. Papers on countries including: China and Japan, Abyssinia [Ethiopia], Palestine, and Turkey. Including: copy of Prime Minister's telegram to Australia concerning Singapore [23 Dec 1940]; text [in French] of treaty between Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey [8 July 1937]; speech welcoming Turkish trade mission to London [22 Feb 1938], and transcription of BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation] Empire transmission, 'Cards on the Table', with Middleton Edwards and Anthony Weymouth [June 1939].
1 file.

1937–1940

Egypt: items 1-25. Correspondence, reports, government papers, notes, and press cuttings. With correspondents including Arthur Merton and H. E. Barker [President of the British Chamber of Commerce]. On subjects including Anglo-Egyptian treaty. Includes: report or synopsis of the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations [undated, post-Aug 1929]; financial report on proposed treaty with Egypt [1929]; notes on the situation in Egypt [Nov 1923]; paper by Professor Charles Sarolea, 'What will happen in Egypt or What is happening in Egypt?' [Oct 1929], and compilation of transcribed documents and recorded conversations, entitled 'Anglo-Egyptian Conversations and Negotiations, 1919-1924'.
1 file.

1919–1935

Egypt: items 26-50. Papers, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and government papers. On subjects including Egyptian Capitulations. Including papers by the British Chamber of Commerce of Egypt, expressing its views on various matters; record of conversation between Sir John Percival and Sarwat Pasha; 31-page memorandum by the Council of the British Union in Egypt on the Capitulations, and observations or reports on the situation in Egypt. With correspondents including H. E. Barker and Sir Austen Chamberlain. Also includes correspondence with Sir Victor Wellesley on the education of Prince Farouk.
1 file.

1926–1934

Egypt and Sudan: items 51-75. Memoranda, reports, correspondence, and government papers, on subjects including: Lloyd's resignation as High Commissioner in Egypt and Sudan; railways; water; British troops in Egypt; the Coptic Church, and British schools in Egypt. With correspondents including Sir Austen Chamberlain, Arthur Henderson, and H. A. Gwynne. Also includes copy of speech given by Lord Cromer in 1908, and letter from Messrs Ferdinand Poche and Company concerning trade.
1 file.

1921–1934

Egypt: items 76-100. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, press cuttings, and government papers, on subjects including: British Schools in Egypt, the Maltese School in Suez, trade, and the Ports and Lights Administration. With correspondents including: C. V. W. Grose [Headmaster of the English School in Cairo]; R. C. Martin, A. Purvis [regarding the Egyptian Lighthouse Service], Admiral Sir Ernle Chatfield, and Kenneth Johnstone. Also includes copy of report of the Milner Special Mission to Egypt [1921], and notes by Lloyd for Reginald Leeper on the budget position with regards to the Near East [25 Feb 1936].
1 file.

1930–1936

Egypt and Sudan: items 101-126. Memoranda, reports, letters, articles, press cuttings, government papers, and notes, on subjects including: the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, including issues concerning capitulations and mixed courts; Nile water control, including 12-page memorandum by Sir Murdoch Macdonald, with map; production of pamphlet on the history of political and military events in Egypt for the Conservative Association; financial affairs of the 'Egyptian Gazette', and Roman Catholic propaganda in Egypt. From correspondents including Arthur Merton. Includes Lloyd's account of his conversation with Lord Halifax [11 Aug 1936] on Egyptian affairs, sent to Winston Churchill.
1 file.

1931–1939

India: items 1-25. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, mostly concerning Indian Constitutional Reform. Includes: paper by Sir Patrick Fagan on 'Democracy in India'; memorandum by W. Ameer Ali [formerly of the Indian Civil Service] on 'The Moslem-Hindu Problem'; notes on economic policy by Mr Madhava Rao, and notes for speakers in Parliament. Also includes papers by and letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Gidney on the subject of Anglo-Indians.
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 26-50. Papers and press cuttings, mostly concerning Indian Constitutional Reform, including possible financial and military consequences. Includes papers on examples of Federation in other countries, including comment by Sir Hal Colebatch on the situation in Western Australia. Also includes text of speech in the House of Lords by Sir Arthur MacWalters on the financial aspects of the Indian White Paper, and note by Colonel Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan on the report of the Indian Military College Committee, 1931.
1 file.

1931–1935

India: items 51-75. Papers and press cuttings, on Indian Constitutional Reform and related matters, including the spread of terrorism, and the proposed retrocession of the civil and military station of Bangalore to the Mysore State. Also includes memorandum on proposed cut in official salaries in India, and comment on speech by Stanley Baldwin on India.
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 76-100. Papers and press cuttings on Indian Constitutional Reform and related matters, including trade, finance, public order, law courts. With responses to the White Paper and to the first Round Table Conference. Includes: letter from Dr A. Berriedale Keith on self-government in Canada; article by H. Calvert, 'The Welfare of the Masses', in response to the Report of the Joint Select Committee; copy of 27-page letter from the Yuvaraj of Limbdi to H. A. Gwynne, and text of speech by Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, in the Chamber of Princes, [New] Delhi [25 Mar 1933].
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 101-125. Press cuttings, letters, and notes for speakers on India and Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Including newspaper article and letter to the editor by Winston Churchill. Letters to Lloyd from correspondents including A. H. T. Clarke and Geoffrey Davis.
1 file.

1932–1934

India: items 126-150. Reports, memoranda, articles, letters, and press cuttings, including with reaction to the White Paper on India. Including comparative statement of main recommendations of the Simon Commission Report and the Round Table Conference, and paper by Sir Michael F. O'Dwyer, 'Criticisms of the White Paper and Counter Proposals'. Including letter to Lloyd from Sir Henry Gidney.
1 file.

1931–1935

India: items 151-175. Papers, memoranda, articles, letters, notes, and press cuttings. Including memorandum by W. Tudor Owen, 'India at the Cross Roads', and papers about possibly comparable situations in other countries, including Australia. Letters from correpsondents including Sir Michael F. O'Dwyer, C. J. Gunning of the Indian Civil Service, and Sir Philip Chetwode.
1 file.

1930–1934

India: items 176-200. Articles, notes, press cuttings, on Indian constitutional reform and the White Paper, and subjects relating to it including policing and education. Including newspaper article by Viscount Rothermere; memoranda by Major-General J. G. Turner and Sir Patrick Fagan, and 'Recommendations of the Joint Select Committee for the Future of the Medical and Public Health Departments' by Lieutenant Colonel C. L. Dunn.
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 201-225. Papers, correspondence, press cuttings, and speeches, on Indian constitutional reform and the White Paper. Including correspondence between Lloyd and Lord Salisbury [James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury]. On subjects including finance, federal legislature, and a constitution.
1 file.

1932–1934

India: items 226-250. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, mostly relating to Indian constitutional reform and the White Paper. On subjects including the future of the Indian Civil Service, the police, and finance. Includes 'Diary of Indian Events', listing all events, including speeches, appointments of personnel, and passing of legislation relating to India, 16 Nov - 13 Dec 1934. Articles include: J. C. French, 'Terrorism and its Implications'; Indian Defence League pamphlets; Sir Samuel Hoare, 'India - The Only Way' (in 'The Listener'); O. C. G. Hayter, 'The Police and the Law Courts', and Sir Louis Stuart, 'The Proposed Electorate'.
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 251-275. Papers and press cuttings, mostly relating to Indian constitutional reform and the White Paper. On subjects including the Indian Civil Service, the police, trade and finance. Including: 'Statement of a Case for Certain Changes in the Position of Englishmen in the Indian Civil Service'; memorandum, 'Japanese Competition in India, Burma and our Crown Colonies' [Nov 1931]; letter from Bombay [now Mumbai] branch of the Indian Civil Service to Association to the Secretary of the ICS Central Association, annotated by Lloyd; notes on the members of the Joint Select Committee, and representation from the Indian (Imperial) Police Association to the Joint Select Committee.
1 file.

1931–1935

India: items 276-300. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, mostly on the White Paper on India. On subjects including finance and municipal expenditure. Includes series of newspaper articles by Lloyd. Also includes letter from Lord Lothian concerning House of Lords debate on pay cuts (in the Indian Civil Service); government report on municipal taxation and expenditure in Bombay [now Mumbai]; letters to Lloyd from Sir Disha Wacha and J. H. Morgan; article by Sir Arnold Musto in 'Proceedings of the East India Association': 'The Lloyd Barrage and the Future of Sind[h]', and text of speech by Lloyd in the House of Lords on the proposed Indian Pay (Temporary Abatements) Bill.
1 file.

1931–1934

India: items 301-325. Papers and press cuttings on Indian constitutional reform and the White Paper. On subjects including finance, the police, and the Civil Service. Includes: resolution adopted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry on the Joint Parliamentary Committee's report [Dec 1934]; article by J. A. Tassie on the effect of the White Paper proposals on British trade; copy of a letter from a businessman resident in Calcutta for forty years with points against the India Bill; notes by Lord Salisbury on Lord Zetland's speech; notes on safeguards in the White Paper; and memorandum by the Indian Police Association.
1 file.

1933–1935

India: items 326-350. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, relating mostly to Indian constitutional reform. On subjects including the transfer of Aden; the Indian Civil Service; Sind[h], and clause of the India Bill relating to the procedure for altering aspects of the Indian Legislatures. Including: copy of letter from Burma Chamber of Commerce to the Secretary of State for India concerning removal of the President of the Council from his post; report on Sind[h] and the Lloyd Barrage (3rd edition); letter [?from Lloyd] to Sir Samuel Hoare on the transfer of Aden from the Government of India to the Government of Great Britain; 41-page note for the Committee of the Indian Civil Service Association (Bengal) on the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report, and notes by Sir Claude Jacob on the defence of India.
1 file.

1933–1935

India: items 351-375. Papers, letters, and press cuttings, mostly on Indian constitutional reform, including the financial implications. Also includes memoranda and letters on the question of the succession to the Bijawar State and on the Lloyd Barrage. Letters to Lloyd from correspondents including: Sir Arnold Musto; 2nd Marquess of Zetland [Lawrence Dundas]; S. J. Pawar, and H. S. Lawrence.
1 file.

1933–1935

India: items 376-400. Papers, letters, and press cuttings, on subjects including: the India Congress and Legislative Assembly; the Back Bay Reclamation scheme, Sind[h], and the Lloyd Barrage; the Indian Civil Service, and the Baroda Scheme. Includes photographs of the Back Bay Reclamation site. Also includes illustrated pamphlet by Sir Henry Gidney, with photograph of Lloyd on front cover: 'Sir Henry Gidney's Mission to England 1935'. Letters to Lloyd from correspondents including J. F. Gennings, Louis Stuart, W. D. Croft, and A. Montgomerie. Articles include: 'Some Aspects of the Defence of India, Now and When the Reforms Materialize', by Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode; 'Irrigation in India: The Lloyd Barrage and the Future of Sind[h]', by Sir Arnold Musto, and articles in 'The Indian Empire Review'.
1 file.

1935–1939

India: items 401-425. Papers, letters, and press cuttings, on Indian constitutional reform and the proposed Federation. On subjects including: finance, the Anglo-Indian community, in particular relating to the McCluskiegunge Settlement; retrocession of Bangalore to the Mysore State; and the Chamber of Princes. With correspondents including Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Gidney; 'Hopie' [Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy pf India]; J. H. Morgan, and D. Madhave Rao. Includes copy of Jawaharlal Nehru's Presidential Address to the Indian National Congress [Dec 1936], and various articles published in the 'India Empire Review'.
1 file.

1936–1939

India: items 426-448. Papers, press cuttings, and letters. Including: correspondence with and about Sir Ghanshyamsinhji, Maharajah of Dhrangadhra, and the export of salt; annotated draft article by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, 'India under the Congress', and record of meeting of informal committee of ministers in Bombay [now Mumbai] to consider draft Instrument of Accession [12-14 Apr 1939], with note of acknowledgement from Winston Churchill. Articles include several published in the India Empire Review.
1 file.

1937–1940

General: items 1-25. Mostly on the subject of disarmament, but also including some papers on defence and food supplies. Papers include texts of broadcast speeches by Lloyd on disarmament [27 Oct 1932 and 14 Dec 1931]; notes on naval disarmament sent to Lloyd by the First Lord of the Admiralty [Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, from 1935 Viscount Monsell] for his Dec 1931 speech; texts of broadcast 'disarmament talks' in the form of a conversation between Captain B. Liddell Hart and Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond [16 Nov 1931] and a talk entitled 'Ordeal by Battle' by Walter Elliot, MP [9 Nov 1931]; paper by Maurice Hankey, 'An Introduction to the Study of Disarmament' [4 Aug 1925], and various articles. Also includes press cutting of article by Winston Churchill, 'Can We Defend Ourselves?', published in the 'Daily Mail' [12 Nov 1932].
1 file.

1914–1935

General: items 26-50. Papers and press cuttings on the army and disarmament. Includes Hansard record of debate in the House of Lords on the army reserve [19 Dec 1934] and published pamphlets on the same subject. Also includes letter to Lloyd from Arthur Merton.
1 file.

1932–1935

General: items 51-75. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: Yugoslavia; the American debt; Canada; the Channel Tunnel; Germany; the League of Nations, and talks in Italy. Includes J. H. Morgan's notes on the Locarno Treaty, and letter to Lloyd from the Marquis del Moral [Oct 1934], with copy of letter sent by Moral to Gil Robles [leader of the Right in Spain] on the subject of the Mediterranean Pact [Mar 1934].
1 file.

1934

General: items 76-100. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: finance and the economy; Germany and Hitler's speech to the Reichstag [21 May 1935]; air power and the strength of air forces of countries including Britain and Germany; disarmament; migration and the Hornby Scheme; Poland, and British shipping. Includes copy of memorandum by Winston Churchill on the German Air Force, sent by him to Lloyd [29 Apr 1935]. Also includes translation of Hitler's speech to the Reichstag, and texts of speeches by Lord Rankeillour in the House of Lords on problems facing the government [entitled 'The Threatened Wrack'] and by Douglas Jerrold on pacificism and disarmament.
1 file.

1932–1935

General: items 101-125. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, mostly on the economy. Also on unemployment, Socialism, and national politics. Including: statistical notes and figures; pamphlets and articles; policy statement for 'The Movement'; memorandum by William Teeling on the Unemployment Bill, and letter to Lloyd from W. A. Wells, news editor of the Empire Industries Association.
1 file.

1932–1934

General: items 126-150. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on the economy, the British Navy and other naval powers, and disarmament. Includes documents concerned with Lloyd's role as President of the Navy League. Includes: pamphlets and articles; texts of speeches, including those delivered to the Navy League by Lloyd, Admiral Sir Richard Webb, and Winston Churchill, and address by Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond to the Imperial Affairs Committee; documents concerning the definition of standard displacement in recent naval treaties, and letter to Lloyd from Sir Herbert Richmond on his recent visit to Berlin [Germany], Warsaw [Poland] and Prague [Czechoslovakia], and discussions there on disarmament.
1 file.

1929–1933

General: items 151-175. Papers and press cuttings, on subjects including British shipping (both military and mercantile), air power, and British military and trade involvement in India. Including documents relating to Lloyd's role as President of the Navy League. Including: notes and statistics on naval and air power, including comparison with foreign naval powers; notes on air propaganda; notes on air control on the North West Frontier of India; discussion of the London Naval Treaty; published pamphlets and articles, and proof of article [?by Lloyd] entitled 'The Navy as an Instrument of Peace'. Also includes letters to Lloyd from E. H. Watts of Watts, Watts and Company Limited.
1 file.

1930–1934

General: items 176-200. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, on subjects including: the British Navy and comparison of its strength with that of other navies, including that of Germany; defence policy and the proposed composition of an enquiry to examine naval defence, and disarmament. With correspondents including Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, the Aga Khan, and Neville Chamberlain. Also includes some West Staffordshire election material, circular letter from Lloyd as treasurer of the Imperial Preference Campaign, and proof of address by Sir Benjamin Morgan to the British Empire League: 'Empire, Economic Problems, Demanding Solutions'.
1 file.

1930–1935

General: items 201-225. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: Ireland; the Statute of Westminster Bill; the 'Jewish question', including papers alleging connections between Judaism and Bolshevism; the British economy, trade, tariffs, and agriculture. Includes paper by G. N. Andrews entitled 'International Finance and Revolution in their Co-relation to the Indian Crisis'.
1 file.

1930–1935

General: items 226-250. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: attitudes towards Jews; immigration into Britain, including of German Jews; Albert Einstein; naval armaments and comparative strengths of naval powers, including Germany. Includes documents outlining Einstein's involvement with the League against Imperialism.
1 file.

1932–1935

General: items 251-275. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: naval armaments; Malta; the Iraq railway; defence of South Africa; the Anglo-German naval treaty, and Russia, including its admittance to the League of Nations. Includes: tribute to T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia'] by Sir Ronald Storrs; legal opinion by J. H. Morgan on the Irish Loyalist Imperial Federation [25 June 1937]; precis of two lectures on anti-religious activities in Soviet Russia, and 82-page memorandum by [?] Rye on Russia.
1 file.

1932–1937

General: items 276-300. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, mostly on Russia and Communism. On subjects including: Russia's admittance to the League of Nations; the Indian Communist Party and Russian involvement with it; China, and Bolshevism. Includes text of radio address by William Randolph Hearst, 'Government by the Proletariat'.
1 file.

1930–1934

General: items 301-325. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on the subject of trade with Russia. Includes trade figures; editions of the 'Weekly Bulletin of Communist and Socialist Activities' [Nov-Dec 1931], and letter to Lloyd from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl.
1 file.

1926–1934

General: items 326-350. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: Soviet Russia, including its economy, and international communism, including in India and China. Includes: paper by Professor Charles Sarolea entitled 'The Scandal of Russian Dumping: Slave Labour under Bolshevism' [11 Nov 1931]; papers generated by the 'International Entente against the Third International'; colour Soviet propaganda posters, and the Christian Protest Movement's notes on Communist Anti-religious activities. Also includes a small number of documents concerning naval power.
1 file.

1929–1935

General: items 351-375. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: defence, particularly naval; foreign policy; Germany; Italy; the League of Nations, and oil. Includes: paper on the history of German policy before the First World War; notes by Captain Acworth on convoy escort vessels; memorandum on the current situation regarding naval defence; published article by Sir Malcolm Robertson: 'Hitler's Thirteen Points: A Criticism', and address on 'Empire Oil Supplies in War' [by ?Agnew].
1 file.

1935–1936

General: items 376-400. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: British defence policy, including naval defence and including comparison of British fleet with that of other countries including Japan; debate on 'Article 16' [of the Covenant of the League of Nations, concerning sanctions]; German foreign policies, and Ireland. Includes letter to Lloyd from Leo Amery concerning Article 16, and from Lloyd to Lady Moyra Cavendish on the same subject. Also includes letters to Lloyd from W. Gowland concerning the storage of food with a scheme for twelve months' storage of wheat.
1 file.

1935–1936

General: items 401-425. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, on subjects including: the Channel Tunnel; food supply; the situation regarding mandated territories; Christianity and war; the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin]; German war preparations; the British Navy; Italy, and reform of the House of Lords. Includes correspondence between Lloyd and Count Dino Grandi, Italian ambassador to the UK [Oct 1935 and Aug 1937]. Also includes: paper on the Channel Tunnel, by Maurice Hankey; text of speech by Captain Norman Macmillan at the annual meeting of the Navy League [13 May 1936]; Leo Amery's diary for August 1914, sent by him to Lloyd for review and correction, with covering note by Lloyd, and precis of book by A. Mueller, 'Hitlers Motorisierte Stossarmee', sent to Lloyd by Lord Rothermere [editor of the Daily Mail].
1 file.

1935–1937

General: items 426-450. Papers and press cuttings, on subjects including: trade and shipping, including international competition; defence; food supplies in war time; the defence of Australia; 'Mein Kampf', and reform of the House of Lords. Also includes: report by V. Poliakoff of his meeting with the President of Czechoslovakia [Edvard Benes] and the Minister for Foreign Affairs [Kamil Krofta]; statement made by Lloyd to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] on defence, and letter to Lloyd from Ralph Wigram enclosing Blue Book, translations of passages from 'Mein Kampf', letter to Wigram from E. L. Woodward, and extracts from German speeches on the colonial question. Also includes copy of the Montreux States Convention [Aug 1936].
1 file.

1936

General: items 451-475. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, on subjects including: mandated territories; trade; shipping; defence, especially naval; Russia, and Germany. Includes newspaper article by Winston Churchill, 'the Gathering Storm', and press cuttings about European countries. Also includes: article by Lord Lugard, 'Nazi Activities in South West Africa'; articles in the journal 'Contemporary Russia', and account by Squadron Leader [?Ranley] of his visit to Berlin with observations on the German Air Force.
1 file.

1936

General: items 476-500. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: defence; trade; shipping; activities of Germany and Italy, and colonies. Includes: booklet published by the Empire Economic Union, 'The British Colonial Empire and the German Claim'; memoranda on agriculture and the cotton trade; letter to Lloyd from George F. Gracey suggesting the formation of a Near East Legion. Also includes: letter to Lloyd from R. C. R. Whalley in the Sudan; pamphlets of the Anti-Socialist League, letter from Lloyd to Sir Henry Birchenough about the career of Sir Edmund Davis, and text of address given at Chatham House by R. Montagne, 'French Policy in the Mediterranean'.
1 file.

1937

General: items 501-525. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: Italy, Germany, Spain, and Greece; question of whether a peerage should be granted to J. S. Elias; trade, and child refugees from Spain. Includes: record of Lloyd's interview with Benito Mussolini [15 Jan 1937]; memorandum on the situation in Greece, sent to Lloyd by Ioannis Metaxas [Greek Prime Minister], and newspaper articles by Lord Beaverbrook. Also includes notes on the London naval treaty.
1 file.

1937

General: items 526-550. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on sujects including: rearmament; Italy; Germany, including its air plans, and colonies. Including articles by V. Poliakoff on subjects including: Hitler, Russia, Spain, China and Japan, Mussolini, and the German-Belgian pact.
1 file.

1937

General: items 551-575. Papers and press cuttings, on subjects including: colonies, including German claims to colonies; Morocco; food storage for defence; disarmament; Cyprus; possibility of reserve air route across the Indian Ocean; Germany and Italy. Includes: notes supplied by the French embassy giving examples of German 'wedge-driving' policy; published article by Winston Churchill, 'The Truth about Hitler'; correspondence with Charles K. Foot [Australia], and published article by Leo Amery, 'The Problem of the Cession of Mandated Territories in Relation to the World Situation'.
1 file.

1935–1937

General: items 576-600. Papers and press cuttings, on subjects including: colonies, including German claims to colonies; food storage for defence; proposed agreement with the US; Cyprus; Austria, and shipping. Includes: published article by Leo Amery on Germany without colonies; speeches by Hitler, published by the 'Friends of Europe'; text of speech by Lloyd at the Grocer's Dinner [2 June 1938], and copies of ministers' statements on armaments policy. Also includes essay entered for the Lord Lloyd Empire Essay Prize by M. Harari, 'The Story of Sir Stamford Raffles and the Malay States, and the value of Singapore to the Empire'.
1 file.

1936–1938

General: items 601-625. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, on subjects including: Czechoslovakia crisis and the Munich agreement; National Service; colonies and mandated territories; trade; the British Army and Navy, and immigration. Includes: letters to Lloyd from the journalist Ian Colvin in Berlin, with reports on the situation there and news of Hitler's actions and possible intentions; letters from Colvin and [?]Johnstone passing on information from an unnamed 'friend' in Berlin; letter from Lloyd to Lord Halifax [Edward Wood, earlier Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax] arguing against a Four Power conference leading to a plebiscite on the Sudetenland [12 Sept 1938]; note from Lloyd to Lord Gort recounting conversation with Gammelin concerning possible Italian attack on Egypt; summary for MPs on government action regarding Czechoslovakia, and copy of letter from Gillian z Lobkowicz, resident of Czechoslovakia, to Lady Milner, describing the situation there [1 Oct 1938]. Also includes: 'A Plea for the British Army' by E. Beddington Behrens; note on Portugese and Spanish foreign policy sent to Lloyd by Katharine, Duchess of Atholl; memorandum on convoys by Dr [?]Resinski; draft article sent by Lloyd to Lord Camrose [editor of the Daily Telegraph] on the subject of immigration with proposal for its publication [declined], and account of conversations with the King of Greece [March 1939].
1 file.

1938–1939

General: items 626-650. Papers, press cuttings, and correspondence, on subjects including: Germany; air defence; National Service; the fishing industry; Lloyd's trip to Cairo [Egypt] via Malta; Spain, and Cyprus. Includes: note by I. C. [Ian Colvin] on department run by Campbell Stewart to devise and distribute propaganda to Germany; letters from Lloyd to Blanche Lloyd from Malta and Cairo, and journal entries from stay at Cairo [May 1939]; notes on the German naval position [Mar 1939]; lectures to the Anglo-Egyptian Union by 'Alexander'[?] on the subject of the British Constitution; notes on metals and alloys; letter to Lloyd from the Princess Royal [Princess Mary] on the subject of Cyprus and her sending woollen garments to the Cyprus troops in France [11 Mar 1940], with copy of Lloyd's reply; published speech by Lloyd to the University of St Andrews on 'Leadership in Democracy', and notes by General Butler on and African and Middle Eastern Reserve. Also includes article by Douglas Jarrold on Lloyd, entitled 'Britain's Ambassador at Large' [Feb 1939].
1 file.

1938–1940

General: items 651-661. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including: Spain, France, Anglo-American relations, and the sea cadet corps. Includes: Lloyd's official report on his visit to Spain [1939]; correspondence relating to his visit to France and a document he took with him; copy of speech by Douglas Fairbanks Jr for the William Allen White Committee [18 Sept 1940]; letter from Lloyd to Lord Halifax [Edward Wood, formerly Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax] concerning the Dodecanese Islands; letter from édouard Herriot to the President of France, shown by Herriot to Lloyd and Sir Ronald Campbell; letter to Halifax from the High Commissioner for Canada proposing a visit to North Africa by ministers including Lloyd [18 June 1940]; official account by Campbell of events from departure of British Embassy from Paris to Marshal Pétain's acceptance of peace terms with Germany; report by Lieutenant-Commander Bedwell on the Sea Cadet Corps, and text of speech by Maurice Hankey [1st Baron Hankey] on 'Problems of War and War Organisation'. Also includes lecture by J. H. Morgan on 'Dominion Status' [15 Mar 1929].
1 file.

1939–1940

Assyrians in Iraq. Letter and three documents sent to Lloyd by Captain George F. Gracey of 'The Save the Children Fund'. Documents comprising: League of Nations report on the settlement of the Assyrians; speech by Dr Burgin at Geneva on Assyrian settlement, and article by Gracey on the Assyrians.
1 file.

1935–1936

Journal of the Parliaments of the Empire, vol. XV. Published volume of summaries of proceedings of parliaments of the British Empire. With underlinings in proceedings of Union of South Africa concerning the status of the Union Bill.
1 volume.

Apr 1934

South Africa. Papers, press cuttings, and letters, on subjects including the transfer of British protectorates to the Union of South Africa. Including: letters sent to Lloyd by people resident in South Africa, including Laura L. Wright in Cape Town and B. A. Steer [Manager and Director of the East London Daily Dispatch] in East London; draft document sent to Lloyd by the Earl of Selborne on the High Commission Territories of South Africa; letter to Lloyd from Dougal Malcolm, and draft memorandum by the South African Protectorates Committee.
1 file.

1934

Miscellaneous. Contains: envelope of printed material concerning the British Institute of Florence, including annual reports and promotional leaflets [c. 1923-27];; list of battle cruiser positions [c. 1938-40]; memorandum sent by Lloyd to Sir Cosmo Parkinson concerning Cyprus tribute money [c. 1937-40]; press cutting on British trade prospects and report of departmental committee [c. 1925].
1 file.

c 1923-c 1940

Diary of visit to Palestine and talks with Arabs and Jews.
1 file.

24 Mar 1937–29 Mar 1937