Typescript copy. Edward VIII's abdication speech, with Bill of abdication attached

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- GB 50 U DLS/30
Dates of Creation
- 10 Dec 1936
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- 1 item

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Papers of Dr Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith MPU DLS

Letter from Lees-Smith to the Press[?]U DLS/1

Letters to Lees-SmithU DLS/2

Pencilled notesU DLS/3

TelegramsU DLS/4

Letter from Ramsay MacDonaldU DLS/5

Notification of Privy Council meetingU DLS/6

Letter appointing Lees-Smith a member of the Coronation Committee of the Privy CouncilU DLS/7

Notification of meeting of the Coronation CommitteeU DLS/8

Letter appointing Lees-Smith as United Kingdom representative to the Coronation CommissionU DLS/9

Note of apology thrown to Lees-Smith across the floor of the House of CommonsU DLS/10

Letters of thanks to Lees-SmithU DLS/11

Appointment of Lees-Smith as Postmaster GeneralU DLS/12

Appointment of Lees-Smith as President of the Board of EducationU DLS/13

Appointment of Lees-Smith to the Privy CouncilU DLS/14

Notifications of government meetings Lees-Smith requested to attend as President of the Board of EducationU DLS/15

Award of Silver Jubilee Medal to Lees-Smith from George VU DLS/16

Notification from the Trustees of the National Portrait GalleryU DLS/17

Parliamentary election addresses by Lees-SmithU DLS/18

Parliamentary Speeches by Lees-SmithU DLS/19

Typescript. 'The Time - table of the House of Commons', by Lees-Smith (70 pp)U DLS/20

List of Parliamentary Sessions from 1780 to 13 February 1923, with pencilled note on Times of Sessions attachedU DLS/21

Letter convening meeting of the Joint Committee on the Sittings of ParliamentU DLS/22

Typescript. 'Notes of Evidence given to the Joint Select Committee on the Sittings of Parliament', by Lt. Col. the Rt. Hon. Leslie Wilson, C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St. George), D.S.O (Distinguished Service Order)U DLS/23

Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on the Sittings of Parliament, together with the Proceedings of the Committee and Minutes of EvidenceU DLS/24

Report of the Joint Committee on the Sittings of ParliamentU DLS/25

'The Sittings of Parliament', by Carlton Grey, from 'The Empire Review'U DLS/26

Typescripts. Speeches by Lees-Smith on the Workings of ParliamentU DLS/27

Form and Order of Service and CeremoniesU DLS/28

Reports and ConclusionsU DLS/29

Typescript copy. Edward VIII's abdication speech, with Bill of abdication attachedU DLS/30

Draft Form of Ceremonies, Coronation of King George VI, with supporting letterU DLS/31

Miss Savidge TribunalU DLS/32

Press cutting.U DLS/33

From 'The Schoolmaster and Women Teacher's Chronicle'U DLS/34

Press cuttingsU DLS/35

Press cuttingsU DLS/36

Press cuttingsU DLS/37

Articles by Lees-Smith on EducationU DLS/38

Articles by Lees-Smith on politicsU DLS/39

Articles by Lees-Smith on AmericaU DLS/40

Poem. 'I sing the curl which drapes the neck...'U DLS/41

Pencil drawing of Lees-Smith by 'Mossom'[?]U DLS/42

Press advertisement [masonic]: 'H. Lees, 30'U DLS/43

Parliamentary notices of the day: Death of Queen MaryU DLS/44

Typescript. 'H. B. Lees-Smith, M. A., M. P.: the life and career of one Labour M. P., 1878 - 1941', by Brenda Burns (Dissertation)U DLS/45

Letter to Lady Uvedale from Brenda BurnsU DLS/46

Revised draft biography of Lees-Smith from the 'Dictionary of Labour Biography'U DLS/47

Letter to Dr. Joyce Bellamy from Patrick H. Lees-SmithU DLS/48