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Letter from Arthur Salvin Bowlby to de László, 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)
Letter from Baroness Carnock to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0006

Sender: Carnock, Mary Catharine Nicolson, Baroness [née Rowan-Hamilton]; wife of 1st Baron ( - 1951)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
01/02/1919
Baroness Carnock thanks Lucy for the letter of condolence following her mother's death. She is glad to hear de László is with Lucy; "We have felt such sympathy with him & such indignation on his behalf all these months", she writes
Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Lucy de László, 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
Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0008

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
28/11/1917
Austen Chamberlain and Lord Selborne did what they could whilst giving evidence before Justice Sankey's Committee; they will neither approach Sir George Cave privately, which could be injurious to the artist's case, nor make any public statement. Chamberlain agrees with Lucy's intention to put further evidence before the Home Secretary; he advises her to obtain a good lawyer
Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Lucy de László, 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
Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Lucy de László, 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
Letter from Lord Devonport to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0011

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
03/01/1919
Lord Devonport reports on a recent trip to Europe and Germany; he would like to visit the de Lászlós; hopes the artist's health has improved
Letter from Lord Devonport to Lucy de László, 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
Letter from Lord Devonport to Lucy de László, 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
Letter from Lord Devonport to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0014

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
17/05/1918
Lord Devonport is delighted to learn the good news that Lucy has succeeded in her efforts [to have de László moved from Holloway Prison]
Letter from the duc de Guiche to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0015

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
09/02/1919
The duc de Guiche has received a note from Sir Charles Russell regarding the correspondence that led to de László's internment; Guiche hopes de László will be found innocent; he asks after the artist's health and whether he has been able to work
Letter from Howard Rundell Guinness to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0016

Sender: Guinness, Howard Rundell (1868-1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
28/02/1919
It is Sir Charles Russell's view that de László's case should not be heard until after peace is signed; Baron Schröder and his manager have not been denaturalized
Letter from Jean Hall to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0017

Sender: Hall VII, Mrs John [née Jean Isobel Nesbitt] (1888 - 1971)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
24/05/1919
Jean Hall supports Sir Charles Russell “sensible” approach to de László’s case, emphasising that he and Lucy had long contemplated settling in England—a desire she recalls hearing expressed in Vienna in 1907. She admires the artist’s “unswerving adherence to the highest in everything” and his “scrupulous sense of honour.”
Letter from Lucy de László to Sir Charles Russell, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0018

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

Recipient: Russell, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1863 - 1928)
10/09/1918
Lucy describes de László's conversions from Judaism to Catholicism and Protestantism. "The outward form of religion matters to him little, but he is a reader of & believer in the Bible & Teachings of Christ", she writes. De László was a great support to his "gifted and noble" mother; his father, by contrast, was selfish
Letter from James W. Lowther to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0019

Sender: Ullswater, James William Lowther, 1st Viscount (1855 - 1949)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
13/12/1917
James Lowther hopes that when the Committee reconsiders de László's case, they will advise the Home Secretary to grant his release; given de László's correspondence with those in Hungary, Lowther believes the Home Secretary will, in the meantime, treat him as Hungarian and uphold his internment
Letter from Howard Rundell Guinness to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0020

Sender: Guinness, Howard Rundell (1868-1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
16/06/1919
Howard Rundell Guinness makes arrangements to see Lucy; he mentions the report of the enquiry in the House of Lords
Letter from Howard Rundell Guinness to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0021

Sender: Guinness, Howard Rundell (1868-1937)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
19/03/1919
Howard Rundell Guinness is glad to hear that the de Lászlós are able to stay on at Sir Charles Russell's house, Littleworth Corner
Letter from Noel Guinness to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0022

Sender: Guinness, Richard Noel (1870 - 1960)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
21/01/1918
Noel and Howard Guinness agree that it would be a mistake to approach Lord Beresford through the agency of a solicitor; Noel suggests having Lord Selborne contact Sir George Cave. Noel will arrange for income tax payment
Letter from Paul de Laszlo to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0023

Sender: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)

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

Patrick de Laszlo and Deborah Greenwood are recently engaged and plan to marry soon; Paul wishes Lucy could visit, but no-one is allowed in; he writes of a terrible storm, which he hopes will delay the "blackguard's invasion" (not internment-related)
Letter from F. E. Robeson to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0024

Sender: Robeson, Frederick Eden

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
12/11/1917
F. E. Robeson is removing from his list of names two of the de László boys, who were entered for his House at Eton some years earlier; "their position here would be a difficult one", he writes