Letters requesting recommendations for certain posts or honours, 1944-1958
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/7, folder 5, fols. 1-36
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-5) Viscount Astor requesting an honour for Lionel Curtis, with a copy of his letter to the Prime Minister and a record of Curtis's life, 22 Jan 1949
- (fol. 6) Leonard Barnes, offering his services, 5 Aug 1945
- (fols. 7-8) Viscount Bledisloe, offering his services, 6 Aug 1945-2 Dec 1948
- (fols. 9-10) G.C., offering his services, 14 Aug 1945
- (fol. 11) Andrew Dalgleish, 8 Nov 1944
- (fols. 12-13) Frank Horrabin, recommending Rowland Kenney, Counsellor to the Ambassador in Oslo, 18 Aug 1945
- (fol. 14) Harold Laski, offering his services for the Committee on Colonial Universities, 30 Jun 1949
- (fols. 15-16) Sir Thomas Lloyd, recommending the appointment of a successor to Sir Sydney Caine and the promotion of M. Melville, 15 Jul 1948-28 Feb 1949
- (fols. 17-18) Gordon Macdonald, recommending the appointment of Major W.H. Flinn to a governorship, 24 Feb-1 Dec 1948
- (fols. 19-21) Sir William McLean on his own behalf, 5 Aug 1947
- (fol. 22) Mrs L'Estrange Malone on behalf of her husband, 22 May 1949
- (fol. 23) Herbert Morrison, recommending Austen Albu, 25 Jul 1947
- (fol. 25) Philip Noel-Baker about Gordon Macdonald and Laithwaite, 11 Feb 1949
- (fols. 26-27) Sir P. Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, with a record of his qualifications, 7 Dec 1945
- (fols. 28-31) Sir Hartley Shawcross, recommending John Coatman, with a letter from Coatman to him, 1 Feb 1949
- (fols. 32-34) John Thomas, recommending Coatman, with a reply, 17 Nov 1947-8 Jan 1948
- (fols. 35-36) George Gibson, also recommending Coatman, with a reply, 5 Jan 1948.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1958
Extent
36 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/7, folder 5, fols. 1-36
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk