Letters of appointment and related papers File containing correspondence relating to Sir William Luce's appointment as Political Resident for the Persian Gulf, beginning with letters between Luce and Sir Hilton Poynton of the Colonial Office discussing future career plans, letters from Luce's predecessor on Bahrain - George Middleton - about his car and personal assistant, discussion of matters such as salary and pension, provisions for Lady Luce, practical and staffing arrangements, length of service e plus various letters to and from the Colonial Office, Foreign Office, Civil Service, the Commander in Chief, British Forces Arabian Peninsula and so on. 1959-1963