Janus: The Papers of Sir Edward Spears

Churchill/SPRS 8 contains:
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51	"Fulfilment of a Mission": texts, notes and source material
52	"Fulfilment of a Mission": drafts and omitted passages
53	"Fulfilment of a Mission": correspondence with publishers
54	"Fulfilment of a Mission": correspondence
55	"The Aylmers"
56	"The Maurice Case": Papa
57	"The Maurice Case": correspondence with the Dictionary of National Biography
58	"The Maurice Case": A J P Taylor and Sir Dingle Foot
59	"The Maurice Case": copies from John Terraine
60	"The Maurice Case": Frances Stevenson
61	"The Maurice Case": biographical material
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The Papers of Sir Edward Spears

Title	"The Maurice Case": Papa
Reference	SPRS 8/56 (former reference: Acc 545 Box 37)
Covering Dates	1951–1964
Extent and Medium	1 file

Content and context

Correspondence, mainly between Nancy Maurice [later Nancy, Lady Spears] and Victor Bonham-Carter on his chapter on Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice in his book "Soldier True". Other correspondents include: Joel Hurstfield [Professor of Modern History, University College London] on finding a biographer for Maurice (5); Julian Amery, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, on finding correspondence between Maurice and David Lloyd George in 1918; Sir [Benjamin] Ifor Evans, Provost of University College London, on finding a biographer for Maurice (3); 1st Lord Templewood [earlier Samuel Hoare] declining to get involved in further controversy.

Index Terms

First World War (1914-1918)

Maurice, Sir Frederick Barton (1871-1951) Knight, Major-General

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