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Abstract: Personal letters from H.H. Asquith, while he was Prime Minister, to Venetia Stanley, who later became the wife of E.S. Montagu. |
Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) was Prime Minister, 1908-16. For further details see the Dictionary of National Biography. (Beatrice) Venetia Stanley (1887-1948) was the youngest child of Lord Sheffield, confidante of H.H. Asquith and friend of Violet Asquith, later Bonham Carter. For further details see Michael Brock H.H. Asquith Letters to Venetia Stanley (Oxford, 1982).
Previously owned by Judy, Venetia Montagu's daughter, and Milton Gendel.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 7091, fols. 1-2].
1910-Feb. 1914 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7091 Extent: 224 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 199-200) a letter from Sir Edward Carson, 1914 |
Mar.-July 1914 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7092 Extent: 220 leaves Scope and Content: Includes letters from
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Aug.-Sept. 1914 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7093 Extent: 263 leaves Scope and Content: Includes letters from
with (fol. 97) a telegram from Sir John French to Lord Kitchener, 1914 |
Oct.-Nov. 1914 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7094 Extent: 250 leaves Scope and Content: Includes letters from
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Dec. 1914-18 Jan. 1915 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7095 Extent: 229 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 25-6) a letter from Sir John French, 1914 |
20 Jan.-25 Feb. 1915 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7096 Extent: 269 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fol. 19) a letter from N.J.A. Primrose, 1915 |
26 Feb.-Mar. 1915 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7097 Extent: 258 leaves |
Apr.-Dec. 1915, 1927,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7098 Extent: 233 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 202-3) a letter from A.C.W. Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere to A.W.C.O. Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank, 1915 |