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Letter from James W. Lowther to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0025

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
20/06/1918
James Lowther is presently very busy; he suggests Lucy might want to speak to his wife on the matter (see related archive item DLA166-0026)
Handwritten note in Lucy de László's hand, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0026

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
See fn1 in transcription
Note in Lucy's hand regarding her visit to the Speaker of the House of Common's wife, Mary Lowther. Lucy enquired if the Speaker would ask Sir George Cave to "rehabilitate" de László's reputation. Mary Lowther informed Lucy of the Speaker's view, expressed multiple times that, "there is nothing proved against him”, but that de László had been "injudicious in his conversation" (see related archive item DLA166-0025)
Letter from Lord Selborne to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0027

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
01/07/1918
Lord Selborne can come to tea on 12th if convenient
Handwritten note in Lucy de László's hand, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0028

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

Note in Lucy's hand concerning a meeting with Mary Lowther
Letter from an unidentified sender to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0029

Sender: Unidentified

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

The sender sympathises with the de László family's plight during the artist's internment; reference to an enclosure, which would be a "final vindication", and would have "saved so much misery" if produced earlier
Letter from Adriana van Riemsdijk to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0031

Sender: Riemsdijk-Loudon, Madame Theodorus Helenus Franciscus van [née Adriana Jacqueline Marie Loudon] (1856 - 1919)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
21/12/1918
Adriana van Riemsdijk is glad de László is well; she is in regular correspondence with Sir Charles Russell and will do what she can to help; hopes everyone has returned safely from the war; gives news of her daughter, Daisy
Letter from Lucy de László to Adriana van Riemsdijk, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0032

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

Recipient: Riemsdijk-Loudon, Madame Theodorus Helenus Franciscus van [née Adriana Jacqueline Marie Loudon] (1856 - 1919)
30/01/1919
Lucy belatedly received Adriana van Riemsdijk's letter; the family was reunited for Christmas and de László is recovering; Lucy hopes they will receive an "un-biased & fair hearing"
Letter from Charles Russell to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0033

Sender: Russell, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1863 - 1928)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
29/01/1919
Arrangements to meet; Russell sympathises with Lucy and cautions that "it would be a pity to make a mistake through being too impetuous"
Letter from Lord Selborne to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0034

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
26/10/1917
Lord Selborne sympathises with Lucy and de László over the disappointing result of the enquiry; he hopes the case will be reviewed in December (envelope presumably did not contain the letter as the dates do not align)
Letter from Lord Selborne to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0035

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
19/05/1918
Lord Selborne accepts Lucy's invitation
Letter from Lord Selborne to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0036

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

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
31/12/1918
Lord Selborne is glad and sends best wishes for the new year
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)
Date obtained from postmark?
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, 166-0042

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)
27/11/1917
Since de László did not correspond with his brother in French, Lord Sheffield advises Lucy to protest the authorship of the letter
Partial letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0043

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)
17/10/1917
Lord Sheffield understands the charges against de László to be (1) hostile associations with Austria-Hungary through the Dutch legation, and (2) aiding an escaped prisoner; Sheffield has spoken to Justice Sankey about the allegations; Sheffield describes the committee's refusal to free de László as "high-handed"
Letter from Lord Sheffield to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0044

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)
09/10/1917
Lord Sheffield will be at Westminster Hall on Thursday; he hopes de László will be released soon
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