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Press Cuttings Not Part of Original Archive, 137-0012

21/03/1913
Pester Lloyd. Review of the Hungarian Fine Art Society's 1913 Spring Exhibition. De László's portrait of Baron Harkányi [111091] is painted energetically; different from the portrait sketch [5572], the sitter's expression is described as "conceited" and "almost too serious". See: https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=pel&datum=19130321&seite=2&zoom=33
Lord Carnock character witness statement, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0001

Sender: Carnock, Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron (1849 - 1928)

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.
19/06/1919
Lord Carnock character witness statement in defence of the artist for the Naturalization Committee
Reverend Frederick Hankinson character witness statement, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0002

Sender: Hankinson, Reverend Fred (1875 - 1960)

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.
23/06/1919
Reverend Frederick Hankinson character witness statement in defence of the artist for the Naturalization Committee
Lord Devonport Character character witness statement, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0003

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

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.

Lord Devonport character witness statement in defence of the artist for the Naturalization Committee [1919]
The Earl of Selbourne character witness statement, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0004

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

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.

The Earl of Selbourne character witness statement in defence of the artist for the Naturalization Committee [1919]
The Duke of Portland character witness statement, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0005

Sender: Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of (1857 - 1943)

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.
12/06/1919
The Duke of Portland character witness statement in defence of the artist for the Naturalization Committee (copy)
List of foreign Ambassadors whose names commence with ‘G’, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0006

Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

List of foreign Ambassadors whose names commence with ‘G’ taken from Whitakers Almanacs 1914-18 [with handwritten annotations]
Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0008

Sender: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937),László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950),Russell, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1863 - 1928)
14/06/1917
Item contains multiple documents: DLA163-0008(i) to DLA163-0008(iv). Includes a copy of the letter “fabricated by Scotland Yard” (typed) sent to the artist from Geneva, dated 14/06/1917 to implicate the artist as a spy (DLA163-0008(iii)) together with the artist’s defence to the accusations (handwritten draft)
Draft of a brief by Sir John Simon, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0009

Sender: Simon, John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount (1873 - 1954)
06/04/1919
Draft of a brief by Sir John Simon regarding de László's case and associated reputational damage. Typed item with extensive handwritten annotations (see related item DLA165-0035)
Legal Opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0010

Sender: Gill, Sir Charles Frederick (1851 - 1923),Charles Russell & Co.
22/04/1919
Legal Opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC, on the case of the Prosecution against the Defendant, Mr Philip de László
Legal Opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0011

Sender: Gill, Sir Charles Frederick (1851 - 1923),Charles Russell & Co.
22/04/1919
Legal Opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC, on the case of the Prosecution against the Defendant, Mr Philip de László [duplicate, see DLA163-0010]
Legal Opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC (typed with handwritten amendments), Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0012

Sender: Gill, Sir Charles Frederick (1851 - 1923),Charles Russell & Co.
30/09/1918
Legal opinion of Mr C. F. Gill, KC (typed with some handwritten amendments)
Re de László. Further instructions, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0013

Re de László. Further instructions
Notice of Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0015

Sender: Salter, Sir Arthur Clavell (1859-1928),Turner, Judge Richard Whitbourn (1867 - 1932),Hambleden, William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount (1868 - 1928),Radcliffe, Judge Francis Reynolds Yonge (1851 - 1924)
09/07/1919
Notice of Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee, stating dates of hearing and the accusations against de László, concluding that "it is not desirable that the Certificate should be revoked", signed: A. L. Salter; Francis R. Y. Radcliffe; Hambleden; R. W. Turner (DLA163-0014 and DLA163-0016 are duplicates)
Letter from J. F. Williams (for the Under Secretary of State) to Charles Russell & Co., Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0017

Recipient: Charles Russell & Co.
08/12/1919
Letter from J. F. Williams (for the Under Secretary of State) to Charles Russell & Co. clearing de László of all charges and recognising his rights as a British subject
Judgement of the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee, Fifth Day (copy), Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0019

27/06/1919
Judgement of the Certificates of Naturalization (Revocation) Committee, Fifth Day (copy)
Table of Dates (chronology covering the artist’s life 1869-1918) produced by Charles Russell & Co., Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0020

Sender: Charles Russell & Co.

Table of Dates (chronology covering the artist’s life 1869-1918) produced by Charles Russell & Co. [1919]
Statements by Alexander Allan and Percy Isaac, Internment Material Folder 44, 163-0021

Undated statements by Alexander Allan, P.C., C.I.D., Kensington Police Station, and Percy Isaac, P.C.
Horatio William Bottomley, ‘The Peace Which Passeth Understanding: A False Foundation—Lest We Forget—The Laszlo Paintbrush’, John Bull, Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0002

Sender: Bottomley, Horatio William (1860 - 1933)
05/07/1919
Horatio William Bottomley, ‘The Peace Which Passeth Understanding: A False Foundation—Lest We Forget—The Laszlo Paintbrush’, John Bull, 5 July 1919, pp. 10-11
‘Laszlo and the Liars: The Traitor Painter and a Public Enquiry’, John Bull, Internment Material Folder 46, 165-0003

07/06/1919
‘Laszlo and the Liars: The Traitor Painter and a Public Enquiry’, John Bull, 7 June 1919, p. 6