| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 435/1/1/6 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 435/2/6 |
| Date | 1909 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | Diary for 1909 |
| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'T.J. & J. Smith's One Day Octavo Scribbling Diary' for 1909. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'CH [?]1 cc. 1934' 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; fishing; the weather; meetings with parliamentary colleagues; proceedings in the House of Commons; dinner parties; a trip to Cornwall; a trip to Ireland; theatre visits; Henley Regatta; the opening of Parliament by the King and Queen (16 Feb); private meetings with David Lloyd George (03 Aug); his article 'A Plea for a Limitation of Speeches' (23 Aug); travel to Ireland; meetings of the Budget committee; the Finance Bill (03-04 Nov); the House of Lords debate on the Budget (23-25 Nov); a speech in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith (02 Dec); Christmas; the opening of the General Election Campaign (30 Dec); and Christmas.
Includes pasted in newspaper clippings and drawings by his son 'Bud' [Cecil Desmond]. |
| 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 |