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Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0062

Sender: Czeizner [or Czeisner], Francis [Ferencz]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
13/07/1917
Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László sent whilst a POW at Knockaloe. He thanks de László for helping him as he will soon go to Wakefield; he is anxious to see his friend Jenő de Weress there.
Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0063

Sender: Czeizner [or Czeisner], Francis [Ferencz]

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

Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László sent whilst a POW. Czeizner has arrived safely at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, the same camp as Jenő de Weress; he thanks de László for his help.
Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0064

Sender: Czeizner [or Czeisner], Francis [Ferencz]

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/07/1917
Letter from Francis Czeizner to de László sent whilst a POW at Knockaloe. He thanks the artist for his help; hopes to be transferred to Lofthouse Park, Wafefield soon.
Letter from [W.?]B. Davis to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0065

Sender: Indecipherable

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/05/1917
Davis thanks de László for his letter; he will visit the artist when possible.
Letter from Lord Denbigh to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0066

Sender: Denbigh, Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding, 9th Earl of (1859 - 1939)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/05/1917
Lord Denbigh is anxious to have his daughter's portrait painted by de László [1946]; he lists the medals she received during World War One.
Letter from Lord Devonport to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0067

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/02/1919
Arrangements to meet
Letter from Léonce Bénédite to de László, Internment Material Folder 51, 166-0068

Sender: Bénédite, Léonce (1859 - 1925)

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

Bénédite is in England for the first time since the outbreak of the War. He hopes de László's tribulations are behind him. He never doubted the artist's loyalty to his adopted country and suspects that his talent and success made him the victim of envy.
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.
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!".