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Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection II, 123-0220

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)

Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)
17/07/1918
Letter from Lucy to Paul de Laszlo enquiring about a letter she had sent; looking forward to seeing her "prep: boys"
Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0012

Sender: Gill, Charles F. (1851 - 1923),Charles Russell & Co.
30/09/1918
Legal opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC (typed with some handwritten amendments)
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0005

10/08/1918
John Bull. No reference to de László
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0008

Sender: Bottomley, Horatio William (1860 - 1933)
12/01/1918
Horatio Bottomley, ‘The Woman of Downing Street. Cherchez La Femme—A Home Office Outrage—Lock Them All Up!’, John Bull, 12 January 1918, pp. 8-9
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0027

Sender: Turner, Judge Richard Whitbourn (1867 - 1932)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/11/1918
Questions put to de László by the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee on 26 November 1918 and his Answers (7 December 1918) thereto (copy)
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0028

Sender: Turner, Judge Richard Whitbourn (1867 - 1932)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
26/11/1918
Cover letter from Richard Whitbourn Turner to the document, 'Questions put to de László by the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee' (DLA165-0027)
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0030

Sender: Comyn, H. E. F.

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.
30/11/1918
Letter from H.E.F. Comyn (Treasury Solicitor’s Department) to Charles Russell & Co. regarding de László's case before the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee; notice of the particulars of the matters alleged will be furnished before the hearing
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0045

Sender: Cave, George Cave, 1st Viscount (1856 - 1928)
20/09/1918
British Nationality and Status of Aliens, 1918. DLA165-0046 is a copy of this document with additional handwritten annotations.
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0046

Sender: Cave, George Cave, 1st Viscount (1856 - 1928)
20/09/1918
British Nationality and Status of Aliens, 1918. Copy of DLA165-0045 with additional handwritten annotations.
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0047

16/04/1918
Trading with the Enemy. Report to the President of the Board of Trade by the Committee appointed to advise the Board of Trade on matters arising under the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1916. Presented to Parliament by Command of his Majesty. London: Published by his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1918. Pages missing – for the complete report, see DLA165-0048.
Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0048

16/04/1918
Trading with the Enemy. Report to the President of the Board of Trade by the Committee appointed to advise the Board of Trade on matters arising under the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1916. Presented to Parliament by Command of his Majesty. London: Published by his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1918. DLA165-0047 is an incomplete version of the report.
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0002

Sender: Baldry, Alfred Lys (1858 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
21/04/1918
Baldry thanks Lucy for the list of names, which he will add to a petition in an attempt to secure "some real mitigation" of the severity of de László's internment; Baldry describes de László as "too thin", "strained and anxious"
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0003

Sender: Baldry, Alfred Lys (1858 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
17/05/1918
Baldry was delighted to hear of de László's move to the nursing home (Ladbroke Gardens); he agrees with Lucy that the move should be kept quiet; he will hold on sending the petition out for signature
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0004

Sender: Bowlby, Mrs Arthur Salvin [née Catherine Mary Bond] (1875 - 1943)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
17/05/1918
Catherine Bowlby explains to Lucy why she and Arthur have decided to remain quiet, presumably on the question of de László's internment. "[W]e are both so anxious that you should not think we are holding back because of what people would say ... it is purely A's public work which has grown & grown", she writes
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0005

Sender: Bowlby, Arthur Salvin (1872-1932)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
13/05/1918
Arthur Bowlby is sorry to learn that de László has been ill; he hopes the artist can pay him a visit at his home in Gilston Park after treatment in the nursing home (de László was under house arrest at the time)
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0007

Sender: Chamberlain, Sir Joseph Austen (1863 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
22/05/1918
Austen Chamberlain agrees with Lucy's decision to keep de László's move to the nursing home (Ladbroke Gardens) secret. He presses upon Lucy the necessity for "extreme caution". "He [de László] has paid a heavy penalty for his indiscretion & must be doubly careful not to revive suspicion by any thoughtless word", writes Chamberlain
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0009

Sender: Chamberlain, Sir Joseph Austen (1863 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
05/02/1918
Believing de László to be "incapable of any treachery", Austen Chamberlain agrees to join Lords Devonport, Selborne and others in the artist's defence
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0010

Sender: Chamberlain, Sir Joseph Austen (1863 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
30/12/1918
Austen Chamberlain is glad to know that de László was reunited with his family for Christmas
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0012

Sender: Devonport, Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount (1856 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
10/12/1918
Lord Devonport has put the case to John Pedder and Lord Cave that de László should be allowed to take a house and be reunited with his family
Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0013

Sender: Devonport, Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount (1856 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
15/07/1918
Lord Devonport advises Lucy not to worry about the possibility of the withdrawal of naturalisations granted since the start of the war