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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
Friday 1 January I propose to continue last year's habit of jotting down an outline of each day — nothing more than some record of movement in case it may prove useful later. The attempt I made some few years ago to keep a full journal could not be sustained. The resultant record seemed almost bare as does the present outline … one missed one's reading, one could not commit to paper one's emotion, one felt a prig, and the thing was at once tantalisingly enjoyable and strangely uncongenial … Last year's small loose-leafed sheets were not easy to work on, after so much typing on these quarto sheets. I return to the fuller sheet, but not to the fuller intention. […] At the office, Hobson and I keep on the very best terms. Chaloner is rather subdued. The work at the Argus gets very tedious in such surroundings, but it might be much worse. Poor old Baxter, of the Mercury, with whom I have taken my ale and cold meat these three years, has been axed from his job, which will end in March. Fleet Street is full of such victims of slump. I continue to make little planks for a freelance raft in case disaster overtakes me, also.
1 Oscar (Rudolf) Hobson (1886–1961): financial journalist, City Ed. Guardian, 1920–1929Google Scholar, Ed. Financial News 1929–1934Google Scholar, Ed. News Chronicle 1935–1939Google Scholar; kt. 1955. Referred to as ORH.
2 Sammy R. Chaloner: Ass. Ed. Financial News until 1934.Google Scholar
3 The Argus Press was where the Financial News was typeset and printed.
4 Lilian (Dilly) Brooks (1891–1981): wife of diarist m. 8 Jan. 1916.
5 Ida ‘Pida’ Coventry: family friend from Liverpool; spinster; died aged 108. Regular visitor to family home during holidays and even into her nineties can be remembered playing on the floor with C.B.'s grandchildren.
6 Rosemary Brooks (1920–71): eldest d. of diarist; MI5; later worked for Beaverbrook Library; Vivian Brooks (1922– ): second d. of diarist; WAAF 1940–5; journalist Isle of Wight County Press, Yorkshire Evening Press; novelist, pen-name Osmington Mills; Austen Brooks (1924–1986): eldest s.; RNR; journalist Candour, Yorkshire Post, Bournmouth Echo; later second-in-command of Empire Loyalists League, under A.K. Chesterton.
7 Lewis Waller (1860–1915): actor-manager.
8 Basil Gill (1877–1955): actor.
9 Margaret Halstan (b. 1879): actress.
10 Jack Livesey (1901–1961): actor.
11 Johnston Forbes Robertson (1853–1937): actor; Kt. 1913.
12 Bruce Winston (1879–1946): actor, singer, costumier & designer, producer.
13 Brendan Rendall Bracken (1901–1958): Con. MP Paddington N. 1929–45, Bournemouth 1945–50, Bournemouth E. 1950–1; PPS to W. Churchill 1940–1; MOI 1941–5; 1st Ld. of Admiralty 1945; Chm. of Financial News 1926–1945Google Scholar, of The Financial Times 1945–1958Google Scholar; cr. Viscount Bracken 1952: known as B.B.
14 (William) Maxwell Atkin (1879–1964): Con. MP Ashton 1910–16; prop, of Daily Express 1916–1964Google Scholar, of Sunday Express 1918–1964Google Scholar, of Evening Standard 1923–1964Google Scholar; MOI 1918–19; Min. of Aircraft Production 1940–1; Min. of Supply 1941–2; Ld. Privy Seal 1942–5; kt. 1916, cr. Baron Beaverbrook 1917.
15 Harold Sydney Harmsworth (1868–1940): prop, of Daily Mirror 1914–1931Google Scholar, of Daily Mail, Evening News & Associated Newspapers Ltd. 1922–40; Sec. for Air 1917–18; cr. Baron Rothermere 1914, 1st Viscount 1919.
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20 Arthur Greenwood (1880–1954): Lab. MP Nelson & Colne 1922–31, Wakefield 1932–54; Min. of Health 1929–31; Min. without Portfolio 1940–2; Member of War Cabinet 1940–2; Dep. Leader of Lab. Party 1935–54.
21 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930): author, incl. Sherlock Holmes novels.
22 Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927): novelist, humorous writer & playwright.
23 William Wymark Jacobs (1863–1943): short-story writer.
24 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900): novelist & playwright.
25 Gilliland brothers: Salmon & William E.G. (1878–1937): the latter was war reporter, special correspondent Daily Telegraph 1914–1918Google Scholar; joined Reuters 1920s.
26 Jimmy Cassells (1877–1972): barrister; Con. MPW. Leyton 1922–9, N.W. Camberwell 1931–5.
27 William Jowitt (1885–1957): Lib. MP The Hartlepools 1922–4; Preston 1929–31 (Lab. from 1929, Nat. Lab. 1931), Lab. Ashton-under-Lyne 1939–45; Attorney Gen. 1929–32; Solicitor Gen. 1940–2; Paymaster Gen. 1942; Min. without Portfolio 1942–4 & for Nat. Insurance 1944–5; Ld. Chancellor 1945–51; cr. 1st Earl 1945.
28 Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip (1876–1947): Con. MP Bristol Central 1918–29, Fareham 1931–9; Solicitor-Gen. 1922–4, 1924–8, 1931–2; Attorney-Gen. 1928–9, 1932–6; Min. for Co-ordination of Defence 1936–9; Dominions Sec. 1939, 1940; Ld. Chanc. 1939–40; Ld. Chief Justice 1940–6; kt. 1922, cr. Viscount Caldecote 1939.
29 Arthur Wynee Morgan Bryant (1899–1985): freelance writer, lecturer, political commentator & popular historian.
30 Arthur Elbert Baldwin: Prop. & Ed. Business Week, McGraw-Hill publishing, Paris; Company Dir. of various European & US companies.
31 Thomas Brocklebank: journalist on Financial News early 1930s; later housemaster at Eton College.
32 (James) Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937): Lab. MP Leicester 1906–18, Aberavon 1922–9, Nat. Lab. MP Seaham 1929–35, Scottish Universities, 1936–7; Lab. Party Sec. 1900–12, Chm. 1912–14; Lab. Leader 1922–31; PM & For. Sec. 1924, PM 1929–35; Ld. Pres. 1935–7.
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34 Covered the topics of Britain's balanced budget; ‘Buying British’; Stock Exchange reform.
35 Covered the topics: Empire conference; bankers and crisis; marine insurance development.
36 Arthur Henry Mann (1875–1972): Ed. Evening Standard, 1915–1919Google Scholar, Yorkshire Post, 1919–1939Google Scholar; trustee The Observer, 1945–1956.Google Scholar
37 Henry St. Barbe West (1880–1935): actor.
38 Victor Max Lewisohn (1897–1934): actor.
39 (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940): Con. MP for Ladywood 1918–29, Edgbaston 1929–40; Postmaster-Gen. 1922–3; Min. of Health 1923, 1924–9, 1931; Chanc, of Exchequer 1923, 1931–7; PM 1937–40; Ld. Pres. 1940. Con. Leader 1937–40.
40 Clennell Wilkinson: financial journalist; City staff Daily Telegraph.
41 David Higham: C.B.'s agent at Curtis Brown; publisher, David Higham Assoc. Ltd. (formerly Pearn Pollinger & Higham).
42 Barnaby Brook: pseudonym under which C.B. published his serious novels.
43 Hugh Ross-Williamson (1901–78): writer; Ass. Ed., Yorkshire Post, 1925–1930Google Scholar; Ed. Bookman, 1930–1934Google Scholar; Acting Ed., Strand Magazine, 1934–1935Google Scholar; Dir. London General Press 1936–42, 1968–; Anglican Priest 1943–55; reconciled to Roman Catholicism 1955.
44 Major John Waller Hills (1867–1935): Bd. member & Chm. Financial News; Con. MP Durham 1906–22, Ripon 1925–38; FS Treasury 1922–3.
45 This Tarriff Question (London: Arnold, 1931)Google Scholar; Three Yards of Cord (London: Hutchinson, 1931)Google Scholar; Mock Turtle (London: Humphrey Toulmin, 1931)Google Scholar; Something in the City (London: Country Life, 1931).Google Scholar
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47 Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908): Lib. MP Stirling Burghs 1868–1908; FS, WO 1871–4, 1880–2; P.S., Admiralty 1882–4; Chief Sec. for Ireland 1884–5; Sec. of State, WO 1886, 1892–5; PM 1905–8.
48 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1873–1916): Con. MP Gloucester E. 1864–85, Bristol N. 1885–1906; PS, Poor Law Bd. 1868; PUS Home Office 1868; Chief Sec. for Ireland 1874–8, 1886–7; Sec. of State Colonies 1878–80; Chanc. of Exchequer 1885–6, 1895–1902; Pres, of BofT. 1888–92; cr. 1st Earl St. Aldwyn 1915.
49 Arthur James Balfour (1848–1930): Con. MP Hertford 1874–5, Manchester E, 1885–1906, City of London 1906–22; Chief Sec. for Ireland 1887–91; 1st Ld. of Treasury 1891–2, 1895–1905; PM 1902–5; 1st Ld. of Admiralty 1915–16; For. Sec. 1916–19; Ld. Pres. 1919–22, 1925–29; Con. Leader in the HofC., 1891–1902, Con. Leader 1902–11; KG 1922, cr. Earl of Balfour 1922; author of the ‘Balfour Declaration’ on Palestine 1917.
50 Robert Hield (1866–1948); Dep. Ed. Morning Post, on merger with Daily Telegraph remained until 1943Google Scholar.
51 Henry Hamilton Fyfe (1886–1951): journalist; Ed. Morning Advertiser 1902Google Scholar, Daily Mirror 1903–1909Google Scholar, Daily Herald 1922–1926Google Scholar; special correspondent Daily Mail 1909–1913Google Scholar; reporter The Times 1913–1922Google Scholar; Daily Chronicle 1926–1930Google Scholar; thereafter freelance; author Sixty Years of Fleet Street (1949).Google Scholar
52 Katheleen Douglas Hewitt: author, incl. Mardi (London: Noel Douglas, 1932).Google Scholar
53 Ralph Straus (1882–1952): novelist, biographer & book reviewer.
54 Colin Still: author; Shakespeare's Mystery Play (London: Palmer, 1921)Google Scholar; Timeless Themes (London: Nicholson & Watson, 1936).Google Scholar
55 Mrs de Crespigny: wife of Air Vice-Marshall H.V. Champion de Crespigny (1897–1969): Lab. cand. Newark-on-Trent 1945; Fighter pilot; Regional Comm. for Schleswig Holstein Control Commission 1946–7.
56 Henry Alfred MaCardie (1869–1933): judge & lawyer; ctted suicide.
57 Charles Ritchie (1866–1948): Vice-Chm. Port of London Authority 1913–25, Chm. 1925–47; sue. 2nd Baron.
58 Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940): author, including Charlotte Brontë (London: Longman, 1932)Google Scholar; British Archaeological School, Athens 1892–5; Mayor of Rye 1934–7.
59 Alice Law: poet & author, including Patrick Branwell Bronté (London: A.M. Philpot, 1924Google Scholar) & Emily Jane Brontë and the Authorship of Wuthering Heights (Altham: Old Parsonage Press, 1928).Google Scholar
60 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–65): author of The Life of Charlotte Brontë (London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1857).Google Scholar
61 Re-titled Gay Go Up (London: Gerald Howe, 1933)Google Scholar on recommendation of referee.
62 Owen Cosby Philips Kylsant (1863–1937): shipowner & financier; Lib. MP Pembroke 1906–10; Con. MP Chester 1916–22; Pres. London Chamber of Commerce; cr. Baron 1923. Jailed for twelve months after the Royal Mail trial. C.B. edited a volume on the trial, The Royal Mail Case (London: Hodge, 1933).Google Scholar
63 William Hodge: publisher for Royal Mail trial book.
64 Kidnapped baby, son of Col. Charles Lindbergh (1902–74): American aviation pioneer & technical adviser to the US Air Force who established close links with Nazi Germany.
65 Prof. C.J. Hamilton: ex-don of an Indian University; leader writer, Financial News.
66 Mary Agnes (Molly) Hamilton (1882–1966): Lab. MP Blackburn 1929–31; journalist & writer, biographer of Ramsay MacDonald & Arthur Henderson; Gov. of BBC 1933–7; Temp, civil servant 1940–52.
67 Reginald McKenna (1863–1943): Lib. MP Monmouthshire N. 1895–1918; FS, Treasury 1905–7; Pres. Bd. of Educ. 1907–8; 1st Ld. of Admiralty 1908–11; Sec. of State, Home Office, 1911–15; Chanc, of Exchequer 1915–16; Chm. of Midland Bank 1919–43.
68 Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague (1873–1953): Prof, of Economics, Imperial University, Tokyo 1905–8; Prof, of Banking & Finance, Harvard University 1908–31; Econ. & Statistical Adviser, Bank of England 1930–3.
69 J.A. Hobson (1858–1940): liberal economist, writer, occasional lecturer London School of Economics, founder-member Rainbow Society.
70 Covering topics: survey, independent adaptability in Britain; tariff applications.
71 Herbert Hoover (1874–1964): US Pres. 1929–32.
72 Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (1905–85): journalist & poet; Ed. New Verse 1933–1939Google Scholar; staff Yorkshire Post, Literary Ed. Morning Post, BBC; m. Jane Grigson (1928–90): cookery writer.
73 George (Cunningham) Buchanan (1865–1940): civil engineer; served Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force 1915–17; member Indian Munitions Board 1917–19; 1924 visited Australia at request of Federal govt. to report on transportation facilities; kt. 1915.
74 Hubert George de Burgh Canning, and Marquess Clanricarde (1832–1916): absentee Irish land prop. & rack-renter.
75 Henry George Charles Lascelles (1882–1947): Grenadier Guard; 1905–7 Hon. attaché, Rome; aide-de-camp Gov.-Gen. of Canada 1907–11; Freemason & man of the turf; m. Princess Mary 1922.
76 Walter Elliot (1888–1958): Con. MP Lanark 1918–23, Glasgow Kelvingrove 1924–45, 1950–8, Scottish Univ. 1946–50; PS Health for Scotland 1923–4, 1924–6; Under-Secretary, Scotland 1926–9; FST 1931–2; Min. of Agric, 1932–6; Scottish Sec. 1936–8; Min. of Health 1938–40.
77 Francis Williams (1903–70): author & journalist; staff Daily Herald, Ed. 1936–1940Google Scholar; MOI 1941–5; Adviser on Public Relations to PM 1945–7.
78 Richard Valentine Nind Hopkins (1880–1955): Chm., Inland Revenue 1922–7; 2nd Sec. 1932, Perm. Sec. of the Treasury 1942–5; kt. 1920.
79 Lucius Perroriet Thompson-McCausland (1904–84): Herbert Wragg & Co. 1928; Financial News 1929–1934Google Scholar; Moody's Economist Service 1929–39; Bank of England 1939–65, advisor to Gov. 1949–65.
80 [?] A. Neil Lyon (1880–1940); journalist, author; worked The Critic, Topical Times, Sunday Chronicle, English Review, wrote plays & Robert Blatchford (1910).Google Scholar
81 Herbert Louis Samuel (1870–1963): Lib. MP Cleveland 1902–18, Darwen 1929–35; Chanc. Duchy of Lancaster 1909–10, 1915–16; Postmaster-Gen. 1914–15, 1915–16; Pres. Local Govt. Bd. 1914–15; Home Sec. 1916, 1931–2; High Comm. Palestine 1920–5; kt. 1920, CT. Viscount Samuel 1937.
82 Esmond Cecil Harmsworth (1898–1978): Con. MP, Thanet 1919–29; Chm. of Associated Newspapers from 1935; Prop, of Daily Mail from 1938; suc. 2nd Viscount Rothermere 1940.
83 (Isaac) Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957): MP Plymouth Devonport 1923–45 (Lib. to 1931, Nat. Lib. 1931–42, Nat. Ind. 1942–5); PS Trade 1931–2; FST 1932–4; Min. of Transport 1934–7; Sec. for War 1937–40; Min. of Nat. Insurance 1945; cr. Baron Hore-Belisha 1954.
84 Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81): Con. MP & leader; PM 1868, 1874–80; cr. Earl Beaconsfield 1880.
85 Spender, John A. & Asquith, C., Life of Herbert Asquith, Lord Oxford & Asquith (London: Hutchinson, 1932), 11 vols.Google Scholar
86 Esmé Beringer (1875–1936): actress.
87 William H. Warman: civil servant, Ministry of Agriculture, later Ministry of Food; During European War reached rank of Major; Brooks provided two chapters for Warman, 's The Soldier Colonists: A Plea for Group Organisation (London: Chattos and Windus, 1918)Google Scholar with foreword by Lord Selborne; also author Agricultural Co-operation in England & Wales (London: Williams & Norgate, 1922).Google Scholar
88 Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary (1868–1935): sister of King; Princess of Great Britain.
89 Arthur Grey (d. 1932): journalist, Lobby correspondent Yorkshire Post.