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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 Doctor Kenneth Fraser Lund to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0071

Sender: Lund, Doctor Kenneth Fraser (1871 - 1953)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/03/1919
Dr Lund sends his account for "professional attendance"; considers it an honour to have helped "alleviate the sufferings of so distinguished an artist"; criticises the government's disgraceful treatment of him; enquires if he would paint a portrait of a friend who translated a de László publication into French
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 Charles Russell to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0073

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/02/1919
Charles Russell has informed de László's correspondent that the artist is in good health and "enjoying a certain amount of liberty" at Littleworth Corner
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 Jenő 'Eugene' de Weress to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0078

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/06/1917
Letter from Weress to de László sent whilst a POW. Weress has just received a letter from Constance. Writes about life at the POW Camp at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, describing it as the "El Dorado of music".
Letter from Lord Devonport to J.C. St. Quintin, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0081

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

Recipient: St. Quintin, Jeffrey Charles
07/10/1917
Devonport is unable to attend de László's appeal. He affirms the artist's loyalty to England and believes he has suffered enough for the unpremeditated "indiscretions" he committed.
Copy of a letter from Edward Shortt to Howard Guinness in the latter's hand, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0082

Sender: Shortt, Edward (1862 - 1935)

Recipient: Guinness, Howard Rundell (1868-1937)
05/02/1919
Home Secretary Edward Shortt will make enquiries about de László and offers to do anything he can.
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.
Letter from Léonce Bénédite to Lucy de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0084

Sender: Bénédite, Léonce (1859 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)
04/09/1918
Léonce Bénédite thanks the recipient for news of de László, expresses good wishes for his recovery, and notes travel plans to Edmund Davis' home in Cranleigh with his daughter while accepting a possible lunch invitation from Lucy de László upon their return. [Item previously archived as DLA166-0051, a duplicate DLA number. Re-named DLA166-0084 (AD 04/12/2023)].
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, 167-0005

28/05/1919
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Wednesday, 28 May 1919. Vol. 34, No. 47. Official Report [unrevised]. See columns 882-886: "The Laszlo Case".
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0006

07/03/1921
Parliamentary Debates. House of Lords. Monday, 7 March 1921. Vol. 44, No. 9. Official Report [unrevised].
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0007

18/10/1917
Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons. Thursday, 18 October 1917. Vol. 98, No. 124. Official Report.
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0008

18/10/1917
Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons. Thursday, 25 October 1917. Vol. 98, No. 129. Official Report. DLA167-0009 contains the same report.
Internment Material Folder 53, 167-0009

25/10/1917
Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons. Thursday, 25 October 1917. Vol. 98, No. 129. Official Report. DLA167-0008 contains the same report.