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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 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 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 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
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 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, 166-0045

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