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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
Friday 10 January George Sutton lunched me at Claridges and we talked office politics and real politics. He seems to have a feud with Stanley Bell, whom he called ‘nothing but a superior bookkeeper and a promoted clerk…’ Northcliffe House must be unrivalled for feuds and intrigue. George had spent some time at Brighton widi Jimmy Thomas. He says that Baldwin is determined to stick out this Parliament, which confirms what Oliver told me. He (Stanley Baldwin) has lost the confidence of all his colleagues over die Hoare-Laval peace plan.
1 (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936): author; winner Nobel Prize for Literature 1906; member War Graves Commission; the daily sounding of the ‘Last Post’ at Memin Gate, Ypres, funded by an endowment from Kipling.
2 Brian O'Donoghue Manning (1891–1964): chartered accountant; Chm. & dir. various companies; JP 1934; Sir John Simon's step-son.
3 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Performed at New Theatre from 17 October 1935 to 28 March 1936. Ran for 186 performances. Reviewed The Times 18 10 1935, 29 11 1935.Google Scholar
4 Peggy Ashcroft (b. 1907): actress; cr. DBE 1956.
5 Edith Evans (b. 1888): actress; cr. DBE 1946.
6 Edward George Villers Stanley (1856–1948): Con MP Westhoughton 1892–1906; Postmaster-Gen., 1903–5; Sec. for War 1916–18, 1922–4; Amb. in Paris 1918–20; styled Lord Stanley 1893–1908, sue. 17th Earl of Derby 1908.
7 Gen. John Frederick Charles ‘Boney’ Fuller (1878–1966): career soldier; served South Africa 1899–1902, European War 1914–18; military historian & theorist.
8 Emilio de Bono (1866–1944): soldier & Italian fascist; 1928 US Min. of Colonies; Min. of Colonies 1929; led Italian forces in annexation of Abyssinia 1935, dismissed Nov. 1935; 1935 High Comm. for East Africa; executed for part in coup against Mussolini 1944.
9 Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil (1869–1956): Con. MP Greenwich 1895–1906, Oxford Univ. 1910–37; Provost of Eton 1937–44; styled Lord Hugh Cecil 1869–1941; cr. Baron Quickwood 1941.
10 Patrick William Donner (1904–88): Con MP Islington W. 1931–5, Basingstoke 1935–55; Hon. Sec. India Defence League 1933–5; PPS to Hoare 1939; PPS to O. Stanley 1944; Dir. National Review 1933–47; RAFVR 1939; Acting Squadron Leader 1941; Arts panel, Arts Council 1963–66; High Sheriff, Hampshire 1967–8.
11 Lady Violet Georgina Milner (née Maxse) (1872–1958): Ed. National Review 1929–1948.Google Scholar
12 Edward Tumour (1883–1962): Con. MP Horsham 1904–51; US India 1922–4, 1924–9; Chane. Duchy of Lancaster 1937–9; Paymaster-Gen. 1939; Father of the House 1945–51; styled Viscount Winterton 1883–1907, suc. 6th Earl of Winterten (Irish Peerage) 1907, cr. Baron Tumour 1952.
13 Alexander Korda (1893–1956): film producer and magnate; kt. 1942.
14 Frederick Lonsdale (1881–1954): dramatic author.
15 Frederick Handley Page (1885–1962): aircraft designer.
16 Joseph Montague Kenworthy (1886–1953): Ass. Naval Chief of Staff, Gibraltar 1918; MP Hull Central 1919–31 (Lib. to 1926, then Lab.); Lab. chief whip in the HofL. 1938–42; suc. 10th Baron Strabolgi 1934.
17 Eustace Sunderland Campbell Percy (1887–1958): Con. MP Hastings 1921–37; PS Educ. 1923; P.S. Health 1923–4; Pres. Bd. of Educ. 1924–9; Min. without Portfolio 1935–6; styled Lord Eustace after sue. of father as 7th Duke of Northumberland in 1899, cr. Baron Percy of Newcastle 1953.
18 Adm. Sir Roger Brownlow Keyes (1872–1945): naval officer & politician; hero of Zeebrugge; Con. MP Portsmouth N. 1934–43; C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1925–8, Ports mouth 1929–31; Special Liaison Officer to the King of Belgium 1940; Dir. of Combined Operations 1940–1. cr. Baron Keyes 1943.
19 H. Snell (1865–1944): Lab. MP Woolwich E. 1922–31; Lab. Leader in Hof L. 1935–40; cr. 1st Baron Snell 1931.
20 Sydney Arnold (1878–1945): Lib. MP Holmfirth 1912–18, Penistone 1918–21; PUS Colonies 1924; Paymaster-Gen. 1919–31; cr. 1st Baron Arnold 1931. Took Lab. whip in Hof L.
21 Richard Burdon Haldane (1856–1928): Ld. Chanc. 1912–15, 1924; W.O. 1914; cr. 1st Viscount 1911.
22 Charles Dickens (1812–70): novelist & essayist.
23 George Arthur Henry Fairfield Sala (1828–96): journalist (including Daily Telegraph), author, social commentator.
24 Tanner: Rothermere's chauffeur.
25 St Helena by R.C. Sherriff and Jeanne de Casalis. Performed Daly's Theatre from 19 March 1936 to 23 May 1936. Ran for 76 performances. Reviewed The Sunday Times 22 03 1936.Google Scholar
26 Kenneth Kent (1892–1963); actor, author & dir.
27 John Drinkwater (1882–1937): poet & dramatist. Close associations with Birmingham where he was born. Birmingham Repertory Theatre first produced his most famous play Abraham Lincoln in 1918Google Scholar. Its first London run was at the Lyric Theatre from 19 February 1919 to 21 February 1920, a total of 467 performances.
28 El Greco (‘The Greek’) pseud. Domenico Theotocopoulos (1541?–1614): artist.
29 George Romney (1734–1802): artist. His portrait was of William Pitt the Younger s(1759–1806), one of Collin's heroes.
30 John Hoppner (1759–1810): artist. Portrait of Richard Sheridan (1751–1816) statesman and dramatist. Incidentally, Hoppner painted a portrait of William Pitt in 1802.
31 Daily Mail, 8 06 1936Google Scholar, ‘Blackshirt Meeting in East End’.
32 Robert Munro (1868–1955): Lib. MP Wick Burghs 1910–18, Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire 1918–22; Sec. of State for Scotland 1916–22; cr. 1st Baron Alness 1922.
33 Augustine Birrell (1850–1933): Lib. MP Fife W. 1889–1900, Bristol N. 1906–18; Pres. Bd. of Educ. 1905–7; Chief Sec. for Ireland 1907–16.
34 Lewis ‘Lulu’ Harcourt (1863–1922): Lib. MP Rossendale 1904–16; 1st Comm. of Works 1905–10, 1915–16; Sec. of State, Colonies 1910–15; cr. 1st Viscount 1916.
35 Alpheus Cleophas Morton (1840–1923): Lib MP Peterborough 1889–95, Sutherlandshire 1906–18; kt. 1918.
36 Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928): Lib. MP Fife E. 1886–1918, Paisley 1920–4; Home Sec. 1892–5; Chanc, of Exchequer 1905–8; PM 1908–16; Lib. Leader 1908–26; cr. Earl of Oxford & Asquith 1925.
37 Sir A.A. Sommerville (1858–1942): Con. MP Windsor 1922–42.
38 Clarence Thomas Albert Sadd (1883–1962): Vice-Chm. Midland Bank, Chief Exec. 1943–8; kt. 1945.
39 Gilbert Armitage: lawyer and author; member Whitefriars.
40 Robert John Graham Boothby (1900–86): Con. MP Aberdeenshire E. 1924–58; PPS to W. Churchill 1926–9; P.S. Food 1940–1; cr. Baron Boothby 1958.
41 Leon M. Lion (1879–1947): manager Garrick Theatre; actor, playwright & play producer.
42 Lilian Braithwaite (1873–1948): actress; cr. DBE 1943.
43 The Lady of La Paz by Edith Ellis ran for 139 performances, from 2 July to 31 October 1936.
44 Nova Pilbeam: actress playing ‘Felicia’.
45 (Agnes) Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976): actress. CH 1970.
46 Lewis Casson (1875–1969): actor & dir.; m. to Sybil Thorndike; kt. 1945.
47 Described in Brooks' Tavern Talk (London: James Barrie, 1950), p. 11.Google Scholar
48 Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936): novelist & critic; the volume in question was The Works of Charles Dickens, with Introduction by Chesterton, G.K. (London: Dent, 1906).Google Scholar
49 Editorial note: the name is unclear. C.B. left a blank space and then in pencil added a name, which is virtually undeciperable. I would like to thank A.W. Potter, research assistant, Royal Academy of Arts, for his help in trying to trace the artist's name. This drew a blank. Potter also disputes C.B.'s version of events, suggesting that the most plausible explanation is that the painting having been accepted by the Selection Committee was then rejected by the Hanging Committee. The Hanging Committee takes an overview of the aesthetics of the complete exhibition, what space is available and what works of art work well with each other. C.B. repeats the story in Devil's Decade p. 175Google Scholar, but does not name the artist because most likely he was unable to decipher his diary entry.
50 David Alfred Thomas (1856–1918): Lib. MP Merthyr Tyfil 1888–1910, Cardiff 1910; Pres. Local Govt. Bd. 1916–17; Min. Food Control 1917–18; er. Baron Rhondda 1916, Viscount 1918.
51 Eric Campbell Geddes (1875–1937): Con. MP Cambridge 1917–22; 1st Ld. of Admiralty 1917–9; Min. without Portfolio 1919; Min. of Transport 1919–21; Chm. FBI 1923–4 & of Dunlop & Imperial Airways. Chm. of Ctte. on National Expenditure 1921; kt. 1916, CBE 1919.
52 Group-Captain Sir Louis Greig (1880–1953): Scottish rugby union international; ex-RAF; Gentleman Usher to Duke of York.
53 George Riddell (1865–1934): Chm. News of the World 1903–1934Google Scholar, one-time Chm., Newspaper Proprietors Association, cr. Baron 1920.
54 Wallis Simpson (1896–1987): American divorcee, subsequently Duchess of Windsor.
55 Gen. Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood (1868–1943): army 1900-; WO 1902–10, 1914–15; Chief of Police, London & North East Railway 1911–14; Metropolitan Police Ass. Comm. 1918–20, Comm. 1920–8; part of royal household.
56 Mark Everard Peyps (1903–43): motor & air ace; sue. 6th Earl Cottenham 1922.
57 Gap in entries between 8 August and 11 October owing to trip to Canada and USA.
58 Bronze statue of Frederick the Great – sculptor unknown.
59 This term was coined by Sir Henry Wilson to denote the political departmentalists who, to his mind, talked and hindered the fighting services during the later stages of World War One and at the Paris Peace Conferences.
60 Alfred H. Williams: Dir. Selfridge & Co., Selfridge Provincial Stores & other companies.
61 Basil Liddel Hart (1895–1970): military correspondent Daily Telegraph 1925–1935Google Scholar, & The Times 1935–1939Google Scholar; personal adviser to Hore-Belisha, Sec. of State for War, 1937–8; kt. 1966.
62 Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856–1941): essayist, philanthropist, journalist & war correspondent; Ed. Daily Chronicle; war correspondent Manchester Guardian.
63 Air Commodore Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton (1879–1958): served South Africa 1899–1902, WAFF 1902–7; European War 1914–17; Air Attaché, Washington Embassy 1919–22; Chief Staff Officer, Iraq Command 1923–4; Rtd. 1928.
64 William Morris (1877–1963): Chm. Morris Motor Co. 1919–52; OBE 1917, kt. 1934, cr. 1st Viscount Nuffield 1938.
65 John Green (1909-): BBC 1934–62, Controller Talks Div. 1956–61.
66 George B. Barnes (1904–60): BBC Head of Talks 1935–48; 1st Head of the Third Programme, later Dir. of TV 1950–6.
67 Godfrey Pattison Collins (1875–1936): Lib. MP Greenock 1910–36 (Nat. Lib. from 1931); Lib. Chief Whip 1924–6; Scottish Sec. 1932–6; kt. 1919.
68 Walter George Fish (1874–1947): Journalist & Ed.; Daily Mail from 1904Google Scholar, News Ed. 1906, Ed. 1926–9; Hon. Dir. Coal Mines Dept., BofT. 1914–18; Bd. of Assoc. Newspapers 1919–29.
69 John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866–1944): 7th Hussars 1887–1910; Chief Press Censor, Ireland 1916–19; Dir. Income Taxpayers' Society.
70 (Percy) Malcolm Stewart (1872–1951): industrialist; Chm., London Brick Co. & other construction businesses; Comm. for the Special Areas (England & Wales) 1934–6; cr. Bart. 1937.
71 Richard ‘Dick’ Lewis: journalist; Ass. News Ed. Manchester Office, Sunday Dispatch, London staff from 01 1934Google Scholar as News Editor; acting Ass. Ed. 1936.
72 Oscar Pulvermacher: Night Ed. under Northcliffe & then Ed. Daily Mail 1929–1930.Google Scholar
73 Parnell by Eslie T. Schauffler. Performed at the New Theatre from 4 November 1936 to 6 February 1937. Ran for 106 performances. Reviewed The Times 5 11 1936.Google Scholar
74 Kitty O'Shea (née Page Wood): mistress of Parnell & wife of Capt. William O'Shea (1840–1905): Irish MP 1880–6.
75 T. Wyndham Goldie (1897–1957): actor.
76 Margaret Rawlins (b. 1906): actress.
77 Glencairn Alexander Byam Shaw (1904–86): actor & dir.
78 SirFuller, Thomas Ekins, The Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes: A Monograph and Reminisence (London: Longman, 1910).Google Scholar
79 Frederick Pegram (1870–1937): sculptor/artist.
80 Rt. Rev. Alfred Walker Frank Blunt (1879–1957): Church of England; Fellow Exeter College, Oxford University 1902–7; Ass. & Curate, Carrington, Notts. 1907–11; Vicar St. Werburgh, Derby 1917–31; Rural Dean of Derby 1920–31; Bishop of Bradford 1931–55.
81 Clement Richard Attlce (1883–1967): Lab. MP Limehouse 1922–50, Walthamstow W. 1950–5; US War Office 1924; member of Simon Comm. 1928–30; Chanc. Duchy of Lancaster 1930–1; Postmaster-Gen. 1931; Ld. Privy Seal 1940–2; Dominions Sec. 1942–3; Ld. Pres. 1943–5; Dep. P.M. 1942–5; P.M 1945–51; Dep. Lab. Leader 1931–5, Leader 1935–55; cr. Earl Attlee 1955.
82 Archibald Sinclair (1890–1970): Lib. MP Caithness & Sutherland 1922–45; Personal Sec. to Sec. of State for War 1919–21; PS to Sec. of State for Colonies 1921; Chief Whip 1931; Sec. of State for Colonies 1931–2; Leader of Lib. Party 1935–45; Sec. of State for Air 1940–5; kt. 1941, cr. 1st Viscount Thurso 1952.
83 James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937): playwright. Creator of Peter Pan; cr. 1st Bart 1913. The Boy David by J.M. Barrie was performed at His Majesty's Theatre from 14 December 1936 to 30 January 1937. It ran for a total of 55 performances. Reviewed The Times, 15 12 1936.Google Scholar
84 Elisabeth Bergner (1900–86): Austrian actress.
85 Clive Brook (1887–1974): stage & film star.
86 Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961): artist; art instructor, University of Liverpool 1901–2; Member RA from 1928.
87 Godfrey Tearle (1884–1953): actor; kt. 1951.
88 John Martin Harvey (1863–1944); actor & manager; kt. 1921.
89 Mary Lilian Rothermere (née Share) (d. 1937): estranged wife of 1st viscount, m. 1893.
90 See Saturday Review, 9 01 1937Google Scholar, ‘L.H.’ by Historious.