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Stray letters, including a typescript copy of a letter from D. Lloyd George, 8 March 1919, relating to the need for 'Educational Recreation for the workers'. Some of the letters concern the St Athan camp, the Miners' Welfare Fund and the Ocean Area Recreation Union. There is also a copy of the report, November 1929, of the Welfare Organiser's Report on the Ocean Area Recreation Union.

A copy of Coal and Power: The report of an enquiry presided over by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George O.M., M. P.

A letter, 24 October 1913, from David Lloyd George to J[ohn] W[illiam] Gulland, Liberal MP for Dumfries Burghs, discussing arrangements to visit Glasgow to speak on land reform; the visit, suggested here for 1 December 1913, eventually took place on 4 February 1914. He also touches on the effects of the Dublin Lockout.
The letter is dictated but has Lloyd George's signature and a postscript in his hand.

A contemporary, [?1917], manuscript translation into English of a circular letter, in Welsh, dated 5 March 1917, from David Lloyd George, 10 Downing Street, urging Welsh farmers to do all in their power to aid the war effort.
The letter was circulated (and published) in both English and Welsh versions (see NLW ex 1824 and NLW MS 9982E, f. 124, respectively). The present manuscript appears to be an entirely independent translation of the Welsh version as shown by the use of 'Welsh Farmers' in the final paragraph, translating the Welsh 'Amaethwyr Cymru', where the original English version reads 'The farmers of this country'.

A typescript circular letter written by David Lloyd George, dated 5 March 1917, urging farmers to make the utmost contribution to the War effort.

A signed typescript letter, 24 November 1939, from David Lloyd George, Bron-y-de, Churt, to Cecil Harmsworth, [Lord Harmsworth of Egham in the County of Surrey], thanking him for his letter in support of Lloyd George's recent speeches and articles advocating a negotiated peace with Germany following the outbreak of the Second World War.

A typescript letter, 25 October 1911, from David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Sir Edward Brabrook, replying to Brabrook's letter, dated 19 October, concerning the National Insurance Bill. The Chancellor seeks to address Brabrook's concerns about the implications of the Bill for friendly societies, Brabrook being a former Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies. The National Insurance Act would receive royal assent on 16 December 1911.

An autograph letter, 14 June 1898, from D[avid] Lloyd George, House of Commons, to Sidney Robinson, declining an invitation to a meeting the following Friday [17 June] on account of a debate on education funding in Parliament that day.
Robinson was later MP for Breconshire (1906-1918) and Brecon and Radnor (1918-1922).

Typewritten letter, 1935, from David Lloyd George to James Reid, editor of the Dumfries Standard, and three letters from A. J. Sylvester, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, to the editor.

Drafts and copies of a report, The Treatment and Training of Disabled and Discharged Soldiers in France (1916), prepared by Captain Sir Henry Norman, Bart., MP, for D. Lloyd George as Secretary of State for War. Norman was the Liaison Officer of the Ministry of Munitions to the French Ministry of Munitions.

The file includes correspondence with David Lloyd George (2 letters); R. E. Griffith (1 letter); W. J. Gruffydd (1 letter) and Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith (1 letter).

The papers include a memorandum on the substitution of mechanical transport in place of horse transport in divisional ammunition columns; statistics on German mobilized strength, 1916; and a stencilled copy of a letter, 11 December 1916, from Lloyd George to Liberal MPs shortly after assuming the premiership.

Some ninety-eight letters, postcards and telegrams, 1898-1940, addressed to Annie J. Davies (later Ellis, later Hughes-Griffiths). The correspondents include [E.] Vincent Evans, T. Gwynn Jones (3), J. Herbert Lewis (3), David Lloyd George, Margaret Lloyd George, Lord Rendel (6), C. A. F. Rhys Davids (2), W. Llewelyn Williams and [Sir] John Williams (2).
Also included are some six miscellaneous family letters; together with a letter, 25 February 1911, from J. Lloyd Williams to Mrs Mary Davies (Mair Mynorydd) concerning the work of the Welsh Folksong Society (presumably passed on by Mary Davies to her friend Annie Ellis).

A letter, 1928, from David Lloyd George.

Letters to W. Llewelyn Williams from David Lloyd George, 1902-1924, largely concerning political and professional issues. The file also includes a photograph of the final letter sent by Llewelyn Williams from his deathbed to Lloyd George and correspondence between Dame Margaret Lloyd George and Mrs Sarah Evans, sister of W. Llewelyn Williams, regarding the contents of this letter.

Letters and telegraphs of condolence to Mrs Llewelyn Williams following the death of her husband in April 1922, including letters from David Lloyd George, Philip Snowden, John Hinds, Ernest Evans, John Morris Jones and J. Herbert Lewis.

Letters to Gareth Vaughan Jones, including letters from D. Lloyd George, 1931 and 1933, Frances Stevenson, 1933, (relating to Gareth Vaughan Jones's work for Lloyd George); and Sir Robert John Webber, the Western Mail, 1931 and 1934 (relating to Gareth Vaughan Jones's career). There are stray papers concerning Gareth Jones's period at Trinity College, Cambridge, as a researcher in the employ of David Lloyd George, and while working for Ivy Lee at New York. There are also some of the research papers of Dr Siriol Colley, 1998-2001.