| Title |
Diaries with detailed daily entries |
| Reference |
LASL 1/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1898–1922 |
| Extent and Medium |
13 volumes |
|
| Content and context |
Alan Lascelles' first diary was a gift from his Great Aunt Lou [Lady Louisa Hillingdon] when he was at school at Hazelhurst and thereafter he kept diaries intermittently while at Marlborough. The main series, however, commences with LASL 1/1/6 in October 1905 when Lascelles went up to Trinity College, Oxford, and began keeping a diary on a regular basis. |
| Further information |
These diaries are quoted extensively in 'End of An Era. Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1887-l920' edited by Duff Hart-Davis. |
| Churchill/LASL 1/1 contains: |
|
1
|
'Push On, Keep Moving'. Entries describing activities at home and at Hazelhurst preparatory school, near Frant, in Sussex.
1 volume. |
1 January 1898–8 February 1898 |
|
2
|
Collins Pocket Diary. Entries describing activities at home and at Durnford House preparatory school, in Dorset.
1 volume. |
1 January 1900–5 May 1900 |
|
3
|
Collins Handy Diary. Entries describing activities at home and at Marlborough College.
1 volume. |
1 January 1903–31 December 1903 |
|
4
|
Collins Handy Diary. Entries describing activities at home, at Marlborough College, and sporting events, especially recording winners and runners-up in horseraces.
1 volume. |
1 January 1904–13 August 1904 |
|
5
|
Collins Handy Diary. Entries for final terms at Marlborough College and holidays before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.
1 volume. |
1 January 1905–4 October 1905 |
|
6
|
Diary. Entries predominantly reflect the social side of life at Trinity College, Oxford, describing sporting events, entertainment and pranks. In a note at the back, dated 5 December 1972, Alan Lascelles adds "let nobody who may happen to read them condemn us as profligate wasters of our time and our parents money in dining, wining, gambling, and annoying the Dons. Our record of academic achievement absolves us.".
1 volume. |
13 October 1905-September 1908 |
|
7
|
Diary. Entries describing his final year at Trinity College, Oxford, and exams; extensive social activities during the 1909 Summer Season in London; a visit to Germany in October 1909, as companion to Jack Spencer [later 7th Earl Spencer]; and cramming for Foreign Office exams in London.
1 volume. |
2 October 1908-March 1910 |
|
8
|
Diary. Entries describing social events and personalities; the death of King Edward VII; a visit to Germany, June 1910; Foreign Office exams, and result (failed); further visits to Germany and France, December 1910-May 1911; and preparations for a second attempt at Foreign Office exams.
1 volume. |
29 March 1910–27 May 1911 |
|
9
|
Diary. Entries describing a second failure in the Foreign Office exams; social activities and career plans; and his sister Blanche Lascelles' wedding to George Lloyd, November 1911.
1 volume. |
28 May 1911–14 December 1912 |
|
10
|
Diary. Entries describing social activities while working in the City as a stockbroker and jobber; and training with the Bedfordshire Yeomanry.
1 volume. |
December 1912–22 April 1914 |
|
11
|
Diary. Entries describing a tour of Argentina, principally to study the railways; the deteriorating international situation leading to outbreak of war; and his return to join the Bedfordshire Yeomanry.
1 volume. |
6 April 1914–20 August 1914 |
|
12
|
Diary. Entries describing experiences at the end of the war in France and Germany; and social, political and personal activities in India.
1 volume. |
7 November 1918–11 August 1919 |
|
13
|
Indian diary.
1 volume. |
11 August 1919–24 March 1922 |
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