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(i) Sir Cuthbert Headlam: the Second Phase

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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 14 , July 1999 , pp. 2 - 42
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References

2 Headlam diary, 17 May, 31 Dec. 1935; the orginal diaries form the main part of the Headlam MSS deposited at Durham County Record Office.

3 Headlam diary, 20 Nov., 31 Dec. 1935.

4 Headlam diary, 22 Nov. 1936, 2 Jan. 1937.

5 Headlam diary, 27 & 21 July 1936.

6 These were the Berkeley Property and Investment Co. and the West London Property Corporation, subsiduaries of Dawnay, Day & Co.; Headlam diary, 18 Nov. 1935, 4 June 1936.

7 For some of the lowest points, see Headlam diary, 14 July 1936, 2 Aug. 1937, 20 July 1939, 17 Feb. 1940.

8 Headlam diary, 24 Oct. 1939.

9 Controlled Engineering (Sigmund Pumps Great Britain Ltd.), a branch of the Czech firm Sigmund Pumps; Headlam diary, 26 & 31 May 1938, 23 Jan., 9 Aug., 31 Oct., 22 Nov. 1939, 23 & 24 Jan., 20 Feb. 1940.

10 Headlam diary, 14 July 1936.

11 Headlam diary, 3 Nov. 1939, 5 Mar. 1940.

12 Headlam diary, 3 Aug. 1937.

13 Headlam diary, 5 Feb. 1936.

14 Headlam diary, 21 Mar. 1940.

15 Headlam diary, 2, 3 & 9 May 1938.

16 Headlam diary, 18 Nov. 1935.

17 Headlam diary, 27 Mar. 1936, 7 Oct. 1938.

18 Headlam diary, 18 Nov. 1935.

19 Headlam diary, 22 Mar. 1940.

20 Headlam diary, 2 Jan. 1937, 4 Dec. 1938.

21 Headlam diary, 10 Feb. 1938.

22 E.g., his comments on watching a Hitler Youth parade: Headlam diary, 1 May 1936.

23 Headlam diary, 8 Apr. 1939.

24 Headlam diary, 24 Nov. 1938.

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28 Chamberlain, Neville to Headlam, , 22 06 1931Google Scholar, Headlam MSS, [D/He] 128/11.

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30 Headlam diary, 15 Dec. 1935.

31 Headlam diary, 6 Feb. 1937.

32 Headlam diary, 13 Dec. 1937.

33 Headlam diary, 1 Feb. 1938.

34 Headlam to Barnard Castle CA Exec., 3 Feb. 1936, Headlam MSS 135/19ii.

35 There were rumours in the press in Feb. 1937 that Headlam was interested in the vacancy in the English Universities seat; although he does not appear to have been seeking this, the reports led him to contact the chairman of the Conservative association, but it was clear that they already had a candidate in mind.

36 After rejection by Richmond he wrote a caustic reply on these lines, and sent a copy to Hacking, the Party Chairman; this was perhaps unwise, although the party leadership were publicly opposed to the worst practices of auctioning seats to the highest bidder: Headlam diary, 25 Jan. 1937.

37 Hacking, to Derby, , 1 11 1939Google Scholar, Derby, to Hacking, , 3 11 1939Google Scholar, Derby MSS, 920/DER(17)/31/6, Liverpool Record Office.

38 Headlam diary, 23 Mar. 1938, 27 Apr. 1938.

39 In addition to the diary, see the account in an untitled memo prepared by Headlam for the National Union inquiry into North Newcastle, 23 June 1951, Headlam MSS 133/18.

40 Headlam diary, 1, 29 Sep., 4 Oct. 1939.

41 A Central Office memo had described Grattan-Doyle as ‘not only an adventurer but a rogue’ at the time of his adoption for Newcastle North before the 1918 election, and nothing in his conduct as an M.P. since then was likely to have improved their opinion: undated memorandum, Bonar Law MSS, 41/1/7, House of Lords Record Office.

42 Cuthbert to Beatrice Headlam, 11 June 1940, Headlam MSS 285/3.

43 Headlam diary, 29 July 1941.

44 Headlam diary, 5 July 1941.

45 Headlam diary, 16 Apr. 1941.

46 Headlam diary, 12 Jan. 1942.

47 Headlam diary, 1 May 1943.

48 Headlam diary, 22 June 1944.

49 Headlam diary, 26 Oct. 1943.

50 For example, the unsolicited congratulations after his speech in the Beveridge debate in Feb. 1943, and being cheered and congratulated after speeches in July 1943, Jan. 1945 and Jan. 1949, Headlam diary, 18 Feb. & 14 July 1943, 19 Jan. 1945, 26 Jan. 1949.

51 Special Finance Committee, Report, 16 Mar. 1944, Conservative Party Archive [CFA], CCO/500/3/1, Bodleian Library.

52 Headlam diary, 19 Dec. 1944.

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55 Headlam diary, 2 & 26 May 1943.

56 Headlam diary, 17 Feb. 1940.

57 Headlam diary, 14 June 1941.

58 Headlam diary, 3 Apr. 1942.

59 Fearing that their occupancy would be threatened by the nationalization of the coal mines, Headlam had arranged to purchase Holywell in 1946 for £880; see also below, p. 56.

60 Headlam diary, 14 Apr. 1947.

61 Lord Lambton to the editor, 14 May 1998.

62 Headlam diary, 30 Aug. 1944, 1 Sep. 1944.

63 Headlam diary, 18 July 1945.

64 Headlam diary, 20 Jan. 1947.

65 Headlam diary, 16 Mar. 1947.

66 Cuthbert to Beatrice Headlam, 19 June 1947, Headlam MSS 288/22.

67 Headlam diary, 14 & 15 June 1947.

68 ‘Notes following Mr Galloway's talk’, 31 May 1947, CPA CCO/4/2/7.

69 Headlam diary, 21 June 1949; Headlam's memo for the National Union inquiry, 23 June 1951, Headlam MSS 133/18.

70 Headlam's memo for the National Union inquiry, 23 June 1951, Headlam MSS 133/18.

71 Headlam diary, 15–17, 28 Apr. 1948.

72 Postscript on note by Thomas of an interview with Temple, 9 Nov. 1948, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

73 Headlam diary, 31 Mar., 21 June 1949.

74 Galloway [Area Agent]'s remark on Temple in Thomas [Party Vice-Chairman] to Chapman-Walker [Party Chairman's Office], 3 Nov. 1948; on the Executive in note by Maxse [Deputy Party Chairman] of interview with Galloway [Area Agent], ‘North Newcastle’, 26 Oct. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

75 Galloway [Area Agent] to the Accountant [Central Office], 3 Dec. 1949, CPA CCO/1/8/71/2.

76 Hay to Party Chairman, 27 Oct. 1949; note by Maxse [Deputy Party Chairman] of interview with Galloway [Area Agent], ‘North Newcastle’, 26 Oct. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

77 Woolton [Party Chairman] to Scanlan, 10 Nov. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

78 ‘North Newcastle’, Area Agent's annual Basic Report to Central Office, 31 May 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

79 Galloway [Area Agent] to Grenville [personal assistant to the Party Chairman], 5 Nov. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

80 Galloway [Area Agent] to Watson [Central Office], 29 Dec. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

81 Postscript recording comments of Ridley, on note by Woolton [Party Chairman] of an interview with Headlam, 2 Nov. 1949, CPA CCO/1/7/71.

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86 See for example Bazin to Headlam, 20 Apr. 1950; Headlam to Bazin, 14 May 1950; Cuthbert to Beatrice Headlam, 5 Feb. 1951, Headlam MSS 133/5, 133/11, 290/6.

87 N.U. Exec., 14 June & 19 July 1951; the members of the committee were Geoffrey Summers (the chairman; a former President of the N.U.), Stanley Bell (Chairman of the North Western Area) and Mrs. Warde (a Vice-Chairman of the N.U.).

88 The minutes of the enquiry meetings are in CPA NUA/6/2/8; the report is attached to the minutes of the Special Meeting of the N.U. Exec., 19 July 1951.

89 Note by Thomas [Party Vice-Chairman] of an interview with Ridley, 10 May 1951, CPA CCO/1/8/71/1; Pierssene [General Director, Central Office] to Headlam, 28 Apr. 1950, CPA CCO/1/8/71/2.

90 Headlam's memo for the National Union inquiry, 23 June 1951, Headlam MSS 133/18.

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100 Lord Lambton to the editor, 14 May 1998.

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102 Headlam diary, 20 Mar. 1942.

103 Hart-Davis, to Lyttelton, , 13 10 1956Google Scholar, in Hart-Davis, R. (ed.), The Lytlelton-Hart-Davis Letters, Volume 1 (London, 1978), p. 195Google Scholar; see also Volume 2 (London, 1979), p. 59.

104 Gertrude Ridley to the editor, 9 Jan. & 19 Feb. 1997.

105 Morrison, to Headlam, , 25 09 1959Google Scholar, Headlam MSS 136/10.

106 Lyttelton, to Hart-Davis, , 14 & 19 07 1960Google Scholar, in Hart-Davis, R. (ed.), The Lyttelton - Hart-Davis Letters, Volume 5 (London, 1983), pp. 107, 109.Google Scholar

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