Janus: The Papers of Lord Hailsham

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The Papers of Lord Hailsham

Title	First Lord of the Admiralty
Reference	HLSM 2/2
Covering Dates	1956–1957
Extent and Medium	13 files

Churchill/HLSM 2/2 contains:

Letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, A-C. Including postcards from Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, September 1956 (2); a letter from Florence Amery, 3 September 1956; a letter from John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, about reform of the House of Lords, 5 September 1956; a letter from Derick Heathcoat Amory, 5 September 1956; correspondence with Sir Norman Birkett, September 1956 (2); a letter from Prince Samy Bahaeddin, with a letter from the Foreign Office about him, September 1956 (2); a letter from Lady Violet Bonham Carter, 3 September 1956; a letter from John Boyd-Carpenter, 3 September 1956; a note from Rab Butler, 3 September 1956; and a letter from Sir John Crowder, 5 September 1956.
1 file.

1956

Letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, D-H. Including correspondence with Michael Fraser, September 1956 (2); correspondence with Frank Gillard, September 1956 (2); a note from Antony Head, 5 September 1956; a letter from Shan Hackett [Major-General John Winthrop Hackett], 4 September 1956; correspondence with Greville Howard, September 1956 (2); and a letter from Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, 10 September 1956.
1 file.

1956

Letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, I-M. Including correspondence with Thomas Iremonger, September 1956 (2); a letter from Seymour Karminski, 3 September 1956; a letter from Stephen King-Hall, 3 September 1956; a letter from Garth Lean, 3 September 1956; a note from Alan Lennox-Boyd, 4 September 1956; a letter from Sir John Redcliffe-Maud, 15 October 1956; a note from Lord Louis Mountbatten [Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma], 3 September 1956; a letter from Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, 3 September 1956; a letter from David McKenna, 3 September 1956; a letter from Hugh Molson, 4 September 1956; and a letter from Tim Marten, in Tehran, Iran, 3 September 1956.
1 file.

1956

Letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, N-S. Including a note from John Sparrow, 3 September 1956; a letter from Oliver Poole, undated; a letter from Frank Pakenham, Baron Pakenham, 4 September 1956; a note from Duncan Sandys, 3 September 1956; a letter from Somerset de Chair, 4 September 1956; a letter from Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds, 3 September 1956; and correspondence with Sir Douglas Savory, September 1956 (2).
1 file.

1956

Letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, T-Y. Including a letter from Owen Temple-Morris, 15 September 1956; a note from Peter Thorneycroft, undated; a letter from Ethel Wood, 3 September 1956; correspondence with Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, September 1956 (2); and a letter from Harold Watkinson, 5 September 1956.
1 file.

1956

Miscellaneous letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. Including a letter from Patrick Devlin, 27 September 1956; a note from Richard Wilberforce, 21 September 1956; a postcard from Hinch [Victor Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke], 4 September 1956; a letter from Peter Howard, 13 September 1956; and correspondence with David Karmel, September 1956 (2). With press cuttings about Lord Hailsham's appointment, September 1956 (3).
1 file.

1956

Miscellaneous letters of congratulation on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. Including correspondence with Sir Charles Fletcher-Cooke, September 1956 (2); a letter from Lady Helen Asquith, 16 September 1956; a letter from Lady Birley [Rhoda Birley], 11 August 1956; a letter from Bob Boothby, 4 September 1956; a letter from Lady Hailsham [Mildred Hogg], 3 September 1956; correspondence with Claus von Bülow, September 1956 (2); a letter from Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, 4 September 1956; a note from Major-General Sir Edward Louis Spears, 9 September 1956; a letter from Fitzroy Maclean, 9 September 1956; a note from Katharine Asquith, undated; and a letter from Roy Harrod, 22 August 1956.
1 file.

1956

Correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty, A-J. Including correspondence with John Hare, November 1956 (2); correspondence with John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, about reform of the House of Lords, October 1956 (2); correspondence with Sir Vincent Baddeley, about his time as Private Secretary at the Admiralty, October-November 1956 (2); a note from Sir Henry Channon [Chips Channon], 7 January 1957; a letter from Kenneth de Courcy, about the leadership of the Conservative Party, 27 December 1956; a letter from Randolph Churchill, 13 October 1956; and letters from Ian Gilmour, about the Suez Crisis, November-December 1956 (5).
1 file.

1956–1957

Correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty, L-W. Including a letter from Lord Louis Mountbatten [Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma], 22 October 1956; a letter from Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 10 September 1956; a letter from Sir Edward Playfair, 3 January 1957; correspondence with Peter Thorneycroft, about a report of the Western Australian Royal Commission on Petrol Marketing, October-November 1956 (2); correspondence with Sir John Slessor, about the Suez Crisis, December 1956 (5); and a letter from Michael Vyvyan, about the Suez Crisis, 8 November 1956.
1 file.

1956–1957

Miscellaneous correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty. Including a letter from Selwyn Lloyd, about his answer to a question from Philip Noel-Baker in the House of Commons, 20 December 1956; correspondence with Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, about the Suez Crisis, November 1956 (6); a letter from Lord Louis Mountbatten [Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma], about the difficulties faced by Lord Hailsham in his first weeks as First Lord of the Admiralty, 10 September 1956; and a letter from James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin, about the handover as First Lord of the Admiralty, 9 September 1956. Also including thank you letters from recipients of Lord Hailsham's book, "The Law of Monopolies", October-December 1956. With press cuttings about the Suez Crisis, 1956 (2), and a copy of a translation by Lord Hailsham of the poem, "Frater, Ave Atque Vale", undated.
1 file.

1956

Miscellaneous correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty. Including correspondence with Anthony Eden, about Lord Hailsham's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, April-May 1956 (5). Also with some weekly engagement sheets, black-and-white photographs of Lord Hailsham visiting RNAS Bramcote, 14 November 1956 (8), and a black-and-white portrait photograph of Lord Hailsham, undated.
1 file.

1956–1957

Correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty with members of the public. Mainly comprising correspondence with members of the public about salvage crews working to clear the Suez Canal, in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis, wearing civilian clothes rather than Royal Navy uniforms. Also with some references to a speech given by Lord Hailsham in Port Said.
1 file.

November 1956-January 1957

Inventory of furnishings of the First Lord of the Admiralty's flat in Mall House, Admiralty Arch. With a list of consumable stores and receipts.
1 file.

1956–1957