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Envelope addressed to Lucy de László from Lord Sheffield, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0037

Sender: Stanley of Alderley, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield (1839 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
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Envelope addressed to Lucy de László from Lord Sheffield; "Lord Sheffield – answered" written on verso of envelope
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0038

Sender: Stanley of Alderley, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield (1839 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
19/05/1918
Lord Sheffield is glad de László has been moved to a nursing home; he sympathises with the de László family's plight
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0039

Sender: Stanley of Alderley, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield (1839 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
18/01/1918
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy regarding the "unfortunate and untrue attack" upon de László by Lord Beresford in the House of Lords the previous day; Sheffield told Beresford that he was "seriously misinformed", but Beresford would not disclose his informant's name
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0041

Sender: Stanley of Alderley, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield (1839 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
12/02/1918
Letter Sheffield describes Lord Beresford's withdrawal as "shabby and incomplete"; he hopes de László's health is not suffering; Lord Selborne should have a medical certificate when he goes before Sir George Cave
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0045

Sender: Stanley of Alderley, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron, 3rd Baron Eddisbury and 4th Baron Sheffield (1839 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
18/11/1918
Lord Sheffield hopes the armistice will mean the end of de László's internment, but he advises patience given the current political climate
Letter from Lady Wantage to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0046

Sender: Wantage, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Lady [née Lloyd] (1837 - 1920)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
15/07/1918
Lady Wantage thinks often of the de Lászlós; she has heard that de László is writing his memoirs
Letter from Lord Weardale to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0050

Sender: Weardale, Philip Stanhope, 1st and last Baron (1847 - 1923)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
24/05/1918
Lord Weardale has written to the Home Office; he is glad de László has been moved and that his "martyrdom" is almost at an end
Letter from Jenő de Weress to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0053

Sender: Weress, Jenő 'Eugene' de (1892 - 1971)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
22/09/1918
Letter from Weress to Lucy de László sent whilst a POW. He is glad de László's health is improving. Reference to someone [illegible name] who is staying with Lucy, possibly at Buxton. References to books and music. Thanks Lucy for the regular allowance.
Letter from Basil Thomson to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0057

Sender: Thomson, Sir Basil Home (1861 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
08/02/1918
Basil Thomson has written to the headmaster at Eton concerning the removal of de László's son's name from one of the housemaster's lists.
Draft letter from Lucy de László to Basil Thomson, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0058

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

Recipient: Thomson, Sir Basil Home (1861 - 1939)
10/02/1918
Lucy forwards a copy of the letter received from F. E. Robeson concerning the removal of her son's name from his house at Eton.
Letter from Charles F. Gill to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0069

Sender: Gill, Sir Charles Frederick (1851 - 1923)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/11/1918
Charles F. Gill has met with Lord Selborne regarding a move for de László from the nursing home to the countryside on the grounds of ill-health. Gill believes the timing is not right. Item includes a press cutting concerning who will succeed George Cave as the next Home Secretary
Letter from Howard Rundell Guinness to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0070

Sender: Guinness, Howard Rundell (1868-1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/12/1918
Howard Guinness is delighted to hear de László has been permitted to live at Sir Charles Russell's house at Littleworth Corner
Letter from Sir Edward Richard Henry to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0072

Sender: Henry, Sir Edward Richard, 1st Baronet (1850 - 1931)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
26/02/1918
Edward Richard Henry, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, believes the Home Secretary acted upon the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and that his statement suggests "any person of alien enemy origin under suspicion", regardless of evidence, should be temporarily interned
Letter from Lord Selborne to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0074

Sender: Selborne, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of (1859 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/11/1918
Lord Selbourne advises de László to be patient; with the appointment of a new Home Secretary, an application can be made for permission to move residence
Letter from Sir Edward Carson to Lord Sligo, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0083

Sender: Carson of Duncairn, Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron (1854 - 1935)

Recipient: Sligo, George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of (1856 - 1935)
11/01/1918
Unless de László's case is brought before the Cabinet, it is a matter solely for the Home Secretary; there would be nothing gained from his meeting with Howard Guinness.
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0001

19/02/1918
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Tuesday, 19 February 1918. Vol. 29, No. 2. Official Report [unrevised].
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0002

19/02/1918
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Tuesday, 19 February 1918. Vol. 29, No. 2. Official Report [unrevised]. Same report as contained in DLA167-0001.
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0003

19/02/1918
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Tuesday, 19 February 1918. Vol. 29, No. 2. Official Report [unrevised]. Same report as contained in DLA167-0001 and DLA167-0002 but with handwritten annotations in the artist's hand. Annotation on the title-page: "Beresford's apology, p. 76". Annotation below columns 75-76: "But he does not apologise about the statement of military service, he made!".
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0004

08/07/1918
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Monday, 8 July 1918. Vol. 30, No. 47. Official Report [unrevised]. See column 659.
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0021

07/08/1918
Daily Telegraph. An Alien Watch Committee is to be formed. Sir Edward Carson will be chairman, Henry Dalziel vice-chairman and Sir Richard Cooper the hon. secretary.