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A Conservative Statesman: Baldwin Papers, 1908-1947 Edited by Philip Williamson and Edward Baldwin Index More Information Cambridge University Press 0521580803 - A Conservative Statesman: Baldwin Papers, 1908-1947 Edited by Philip Williamson and Edward Baldwin Index More information index Abdication crisis, 387–425, 445 Baldwin [Howard], Lorna (Leonora Stanley, King’s decision to abdicate, 390, 394, 400, 2nd daughter), 268 406, 409 Baldwin, Louisa (mother), 8–9, 16, 171, ‘morganatic proposal’, 391, 395–400, 403, 495 410, 420 Baldwin, Lucy (‘Cissie’, wife), 9–10, 57, 251, King’s proposed broadcast, 401–4, 407 256, 263–6, 268, 269–71, 336, 366, 418, proposed Simpson divorce bill, 405, 406–9 437, 439, 480, 483, 494, 497 see also Edward VIII, the press public career, 9–10 Abyssinian crisis, 345–7, 348, 354, 356–64, memo. on fall of coalition, 70–6 468 memos. on Abdication crisis, 389–91, Addison, Christopher, 49 410–11 Aix-les-Bains, 57, 68, 101, 153, 176, 190, 208, Baldwin, Monica (relative), 316, 324, 343–4, 209, 210, 236, 261, 263, 300, 308, 323, 364, 418 343, 380, 444, 455, 484 Baldwin, Oliver (eldest son), 11, 35, 37, 47, Amery, L. S., 73, 82, 84, 117, 147, 168, 194, 198, 51–2, 57, 100, 204, 212, 222, 274, 324, 207, 209, 226, 246, 296, 299, 307 329, 430, 436, 451, 481–4 SB views on, 199, 279, 432, 476 Baldwin, Stanley, Amulree, 1st Lord, 276, 456 early career (to 1921), in business, 17–18, 19, ‘appalling frankness’ passage, SB’s, 374, 466 21, 29, 30 Asquith, H. H. (19251 st Earl of Oxford and public service, 19, 21–22, 24–5, 313, 433 Asquith), 49, 134, 135, 136–8, 139, 144, MP for West Worcestershire, 21–22, 313 159, 161–2, 182, 191, 206, 323 in the Treasury, 29, 31, 40, 42 Asquith, Margot (Lady Oxford), 206, 282 offer of imperial governorships, 50 Astor, Nancy, 255 rumours of speakership, 51 Astor, 2nd Viscount, 304 appointment as Prime Minister in 1923, 82, Atholl, Duchess of, 14, 305, 325 86–7, 96–8 Attlee, Clement, 429, 461, 483 political career (to 1937), reflections on, and the Abdication crisis, 392, 397, 398, 433, 444–6, 495 400, 402 appearance, physical, 317 Aubrey,RevdM.E.,348 artistic and literary culture, 16 charitable and philanthropic gifts, 24, 38, Baird, Sir John (1925 Lord Stonehaven), 73, 454 259, 267 children, relations with his, 10–11 Baker, Arthur, 478 countryside, love of, 32, 45, 47, 51, 52, 63, 139, Baldwin, Alfred (father), 9, 16, 17, 19, 485, 495 168, 249, 335;inFrance,57, 69, 154, 301 Baldwin, ‘Betty’ (Esther Louisa, 4th finances, personal, 19, 29, 38, 43, 132, 160, daughter), 10, 74–6, 79, 213–14 217, 222, 274, 324, 431, 448, 454, 484 519 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521580803 - A Conservative Statesman: Baldwin Papers, 1908-1947 Edited by Philip Williamson and Edward Baldwin Index More information 520 Index Baldwin, Stanley (cont.) Blomberg, Werner von, 434–5 foreign and imperial travel, 17, 19, 57, 68, Blunt, A.W.F., Bishop of Bradford, 398 101, 176, 210, 236, 324 (and see Boscawen: see Griffith-Boscawen Aix-les-Bains) Bottomley, Horatio, 52 homes, 19 Brett Young, Francis, 195, 381 leadership, loneliness of, 192 Bridgeman, Lady, 301, 344–5, 452 leadership style, 3–4, 21, 179, 203, 204, 205, Bridgeman, William (1929 1st Viscount), 5, 365, 366 84, 117, 169, 173, 198, 204–5, 236, 237, letter-writing, 3–4, 6–9, 13–14 248–9, 252, 256, 281, 333, 344–5 oratory, contempt for, 95 Broome, Phyllis, 11 peerage, doubts about accepting, 367 Brownlow, 6th Lord, 418 pigs, jocular comments on, 46–7, 51, 77 Bruce, Stanley, 94, 117, 298, 389, 391, 394 resignation as leader, possible (in 1923–4) Bryant, Arthur, 310, 429, 443 133–9, 140, 142, 144, 145;(in1929) 224; Buchman, Frank, 452 (in 1930) 242, 243;(in1931) 251–9 Buckmaster, 1st Viscount, 77, 242 retirement (prospect of, 1934–7) 317, 324–5, Burne-Jones, Sir Philip (cousin) 16, 154 330, 333, 365, 366, 379, 413, 426, 428, Burnham, Viscount, 258 431;(in1937) 435–9 Butler, R.A., 335–43, 480 speech-making, 150, 156, 171, 178, 179, 204, 207, 274, 308, 311, 326, 336, 339, 349, Cambridge, University of, 233, 326, 481 352, 436, 446, 498 Campbell case (1924), 158–9 religion, 16, 196, 301, 308, 316, 435, 437, 453, Camrose, 1st Lord (William Berry), 211, 252, 454–6, 460, 473, 483, 497 258, 289, 451–2 service, code of, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 38, 39, 40, Canada, SB visits to (1927) 198–201, 296–9; 43–4, 139, 172 (1932) 277;(1939) 462 work methods, 3–5, 6–7, 96, 113, 124–5, 171, Carlton Club meeting (October 1922), 74–5, 298, 385, 462, 465, 499, 502–6 97, 104, 120, 492, 496 Baldwin, Windham (‘Little’, 2nd son), 10, 47, Carson, Lord, 60, 138, 155, 156 68–9, 236–7 Castlereagh, Viscount, 367 Baldwin firms, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 29, 222, 485 Cave, Viscount, 95, 127, 142 Baldwin Fund for Refugees, 460 Cecil, Lord Robert (1923 Viscount Cecil of Balfour, A. J. (1922 1st Earl of Balfour), 57, 75, Chelwood), 57, 84, 93, 102, 125, 76, 83, 134, 142–3, 144, 145, 146, 173, 210, 144, 168–9, 179–80, 198, 201, 307, 217–19, 224, 234, 244, 306, 326, 341, 315 482 Chamberlain, Austen, 6, 37, 49, 53, 59, 66, 189 BBC broadcasts, SB’s, 217, 274, 308, 309–10, (1922–24: ‘Chamberlainite’ leader), 75–7, 365, 386, 448, 460 84, 86–92, 94, 112, 125–8, 129, 130, 131–2, Beaverbrook, 1st Lord, 37–8, 61, 98, 114, 132, 134, 135, 140, 141–2, 143–5, 149–50, 147, 223, 227–35, 241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 492 392 (1924–9: Foreign Secretary), 164, 166, 179, SB views on, 37–8, 145, 147, 225, 235, 282, 193, 201, 208, 209, 210, 275 298, 321, 428, 429, 446, 470, 474, 480, (1930–1), 239, 252, 258, 274, 275, 276 492 (1931–7), 289, 305, 319, 359–63, 373 SB negotiations with (1929–30), 225–6, difficult relations with SB, 86–92, 94, 127, 228–9, 232–3 166, 194, 359–63 see also ‘press lords’ Chamberlain, Neville, 99, 117, 141, 143, 144, Bennett, R.B., 296, 298 476 Berry, brothers: see Camrose and Kemsley (1924–9) 166, 206, 214 Berry, Revd Sidney, 333, 348, 436 (1929–31) 225, 226, 234, 235, 237, 251–2, 256, Bevin, Ernest, 315, 346, 483 258–9, 261, 262, 263, 265–8, 276 Birkenhead, 1st Earl of (‘F. E.’), 50, 55, 62, 69, (1931–7: Chancellor of the Exchequer) 284, 76, 94, 97, 106, 119, 121, 125–8, 129, 130, 286, 288, 299, 300–1, 330, 372 131, 133, 140, 142, 143, 144, 150, 168, 194, during Abdication crisis, 389, 402, 403, 405, 209, 211, 212, 370, 372, 492 407 Blackett, Sir Basil, 95 as likely successor to SB, 366 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521580803 - A Conservative Statesman: Baldwin Papers, 1908-1947 Edited by Philip Williamson and Edward Baldwin Index More information Index 521 (1937–40: Prime Minister) 438, 449–51, 456, Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip (Lloyd-Greame to 461, 466, 469 1925; 19351 st Viscount Swinton), 73, (1940) 471, 474 117, 173, 175, 372, 384 SB views on, 4, 194, 202, 225, 449, 453, 457, Curzon, Marquess, 60, 72, 73, 142, 164–5, 168, 458, 474–5, 477 169 Chamberlain, Mrs Neville, 284 not appointed Prime Minister, 82–3, 84, 85, Chanak crisis (1922), 69, 70–2, 97, 119–20, 238 86 Channon, ‘Chips’, 450 SB’s Foreign Secretary, 84, 85, 88, 93, 101, Chetwode, Sir Philip, 320 105–6, 112, 120–1 Churchill, Winston, 24, 62, 67, 69, 71, 72, 106, Cushendun, Lord, 203, 209, 210 119, 145–7, 164, 193, 447 (1924–9: Chancellor of the Exchequer), 166, Daily Mail, The, 52, 113, 148, 217, 354, 396, 402, 168, 169, 182, 189, 190, 198, 206, 207, 420, 493 210, 217, 369 Dalton, Hugh, 342 possible Viceroy/Secretary of State for Dalziel, Sir Henry, 25 India, 94, 214, 216 Davidson, Randall, Archbishop of and Indian policy, 223, 224, 246, 248, 254, Canterbury 136–8 258, 318–21 Davidson, J. C. C. (‘David’; 1937 1st resignation from shadow cabinet (1930–1), Viscount), 12–13, 32, 33, 40, 47, 73, 85, 237, 239, 240–1, 250, 318 101, 139, 173, 225, 226, 232, 234, 256, 258, from 1931, 289–90, 295, 432, 461, 466 264, 272, 280, 439, 452, 459 and rearmament, 324, 329, 333, 334, 373, SB’s appointment as Prime Minister, 82–3 379, 467 Davidson, Joan (‘Mimi’; 1937 Viscountess), 11, and Abdication crisis, 392, 397, 402, 403, 25, 40, 74–5, 82, 85–6, 101, 265, 270, 404–6, 408, 409, 410, 479 280–3, 439, 449 as Prime Minister, 471, 479 SB’s friendship with, 12–13, 32–3, 139, 478 on SB, 290, 307, 342, 484 Davies, Clement, 426 SB views on, 94, 97, 132, 164, 202, 209, 217, Davis, Norman, 292, 315 252, 254, 318–20, 323, 328, 330, 342, 354, Dawson, Geoffrey, 5, 93, 117–18, 133–4, 164, 372, 475, 479, 493 211–12, 215–16, 252, 266–7, 297, 330–1, Churchill, Victor, 1st Viscount, 30, 50 358 Citrine, Walter, 342, 346, 378, 385 Dawson, Lord, 332, 366, 379, 448 Clyde, Lord, 49 De La Warr, 9th Earl, 342 Coalition government, fall of (1922), 71–6 de-rating, 206, 207 SB views on, 71–6, 96–8, 104, 119–20, 205, Derby, 17th Earl of, 34, 98–9, 101, 117, 121, 124, 314, 315, 370, 445, 454, 492, 496 125, 128, 131, 151, 175, 181, 210, 241, 244, Cole, G.
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