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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
Concerning Jean Hall's interview with Sir Charles Russell. She agrees with Russell's "sensible" approach to de László's case, which is to show that he and Lucy had long-contemplated settling in England; Hall heard them express this desire in Vienna in 1907. She writes of her admiration for the artist's "unswerving adherence to the highest in everything, & 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
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