| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 435/1/1/13 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 435/2/13 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | Diary for 1916 |
| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'T.J. & J. Smith's One Day Octavo Scribbling Diary' for 1916. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Supervisual 6 CH ii 1934 & finally June 1936' and explanatory pencil notes throughout the diary, presumably added by Cecil Harmsworth before the diary was copied by Isobel Nicholson.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family; social engagements; proceedings in the House of Commons, including debating and voting on budget resolutions and the military conscription bill; committee meetings; opening of Parliament by the King; meetings with parliamentary colleagues; political duties in his constituency of Luton; a conference of employers and operative in the cotton trade in Lancashire (11 Apr); conscription of unmarried men; the Secret Session of Parliament (25 Apr); the Easter Rising and the political situation in Ireland; work in the Treasury with Reginal McKenna MP; a travel to Dublin, including political meetings (19 May-10 Jun); a trip to the Aircraft Manufacturing Coy in Hendon; meetings of the Old Boys' Corps; a visit to the cinema to see films of the Somme battles (11 Nov); the First World War; a reconstruction of government (03-08 Dec); the first meeting of the House of Commons under David Lloyd George's government (12 Dec); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in newspaper clippings.
Contains several inserted items, including correspondence; notes entitled 'Henley'; and an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings; pleasure vessell tolls tickets; hotel invoices; letters from Cecil Desmond Harmsworth; and six family photographs taken at Crackington by Cecil Desmond Harmsworth. |
| Language | English |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL restrictions apply. |
| Access Conditions | Usual EUL arrangements apply. |
| Creator_Name | Harmsworth; Sir; Cecil Bisshopp (1869-1948); 1st Baron Harmsworth; liberal politician and businessman |