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The file includes papers relating to the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in January 1965.

The file comprises papers, [1930x1979], relating mainly to the flood at Tynewydd Colliery in 1877 and to Winston Churchill's involvement in the Tonypandy Riots, 1910.

Letters to Margaret Ethel Ormsby-Gore from her son, William George Arthur, 1891-1950.
The subject matter covers his election and early career as Conservative MP for the Denbigh Boroughs under the Liberal Asquith government, 1907-1914 and later for Stafford, 1918-1938; his service during the First World War with the Shropshire Yeomanry, the Arab Bureau, the War Office Cabinet and the Zionist Commission in Palestine; his attendance at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; several government appointments mainly in colonial administration, 1920-1938 and in the Cabinet as First Commissioner of Works, 1931; his succession to the title of Harlech and selection as Lord Lieutenant of Merioneth, 1938; responsibility for civil defence in Yorkshire, 1939-1940; his appointment as High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in South Africa; 1941-1944; his receipt of the Order of the Garter, 1948; and a bank directorship in South Africa, 1950. The letters comment (often indiscreetly) on other politicians, including Lloyd George, Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill, cabinet business and political issues such as: National Insurance; the Parliament Act, 1911; Lloyd George 's radical social reforms; Disestablishment of the Church in Wales; Home Rule and the rise of Irish nationalism, 1912-1921, 1948; the General Strike, 1926; the Socialist election victory, 1929; the Great Depression, 1931; influence of trade unions, 1935; agricultural policy, 1931-1939; social, economic and governmental aspects of the Second World War, generally in Europe and more specifically in South Africa under Smuts 's premiership; and significant changes in post-war society. The letters from abroad keenly observe the geography, culture and politics of Europe, Egypt, Palestine, the East and West Indies, Africa, Canada and the United States. Other topics comprise the investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911; an official cabinet visit to the King at Windsor Castle, 1932; the funeral of George V, 1936; Gore 's own lifelong interest in architecture, art and sculpture beginning as early as 1902-1903, with later references to the National Gallery, 1928, and the National Museum of Wales, 1939; the management of Derrycarne Estate until its sale in 1924 and alterations to the Brogyntyn estates through death duties and wartime economy, 1938-1945. The letters are accompanied by a set of autobiographical notes, purposely created for clarification of the contents.

The file comprises stray letters to D. Lloyd George, mostly of political interest. The file includes letters from Winston Churchill, undated, Lord Dawson of Penn, 1931, King George VI (telegram), 1945, General Douglas Haig, 1916, George Lambert, 1932, J. Ramsay MacDonald, 1932, Sir Herbert Samuel, 1932, D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, 1917, and Colonel T. F. Tweed, 1940. The letter from Lord Dawson of Penn advises Lloyd George in the wake of the political and constitutional crisis of August 1931.

General correspondence, 1914-41, of David Lloyd George, including letters to him from Herbert Henry Asquith (1) 1915, Winston Churchill (1) 1941, Rufus Isaacs (1) 1914, Sir John Herbert Lewis (4) 1915, William Llewelyn Williams (1) 1915, and Basil Wilberforce, archdeacon of Westminster (1) ?1915. There are also four personal letters, 1922, from Frances Stevenson, later countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.

Letters, 1890-1942, to Lloyd George, mainly from political figures, the main correspondents being A. J. Balfour (1) [1917x1918], H. N. Brailsford (1) ?1908, Winston S. Churchill (1) 1910, Edward, Prince of Wales (1) 1911, Millicent Fawcett (1) 1911, Andrew Bonar Law (1) 1911, and Sir Herbert Samuel (1) 1921.

Letters, 1914-64, to Gwilym Lloyd-George from various correspondents, including Brendan Bracken (3) 1939-57, Neville Chamberlain (1) 1939, Winston Churchill (6) 1942-56, Jacob Epstein (1) 1957, Will Hay (1) 1945, Quintin Hogg (1) 1954, Alec Douglas-Home (1) 1957, Selwyn Lloyd (1) 1957, Iain Macleod (1) 1957, Harold Macmillan (2) 1941-7, Peter Thorneycroft (1) 1957, and Harold Wilson (4) 1944-5, together with a letter, 1968, to Lady Edna Lloyd-George from Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1950s, of the Lloyd George family, including rent and other receipts, 1863-92, of Richard Owen, father of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 1-48); autographs, 1917, of political figures including Herbert Henry Asquith, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Edward Grey (f. 50 recto-verso); and typescript verse in Welsh and English composed, 1919, by Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn') in praise of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 51-2).

Diary for the period 30 September-9 December 1941 of Lady Megan Lloyd George (1902-66), Member of Parliament for Anglesey, 1929-51, and for Carmarthen, 1957-66, containing occasional entries relating to the progress of the Second World War with references to Winston Churchill and other contemporary figures.

Miscellaneous papers, c. 1890s-1939, relating to David Lloyd George, arranged in roughly chronological order, including The Labour Standard, no. 2, 18 February 1902, containing an article on Lloyd George (ff. 10-11); copy of a memorandum, 1910, by Winston Churchill to the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, proposing the abolition of the House of Lords (ff. 17-23); note of the Committee on War Indemnity's recommendations, 1918 (ff. 48-9); and a typescript article, 1927, by Dame Margaret Lloyd George, Petticoats behind Politics (ff. 61-70).

The senders include Bob Boothby, 1967, Winston S. Churchill (4), 1954-1963, King George V, 1931, and Jan Smuts, 1950.

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales, together with an original letter from Violet Carruthers (Markham). The file includes letters from Lord Altrincham, Clement Attlee, Lady Astor, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, E. Clement Davies, Margaret Greenwood, Professor W. J. Gruffydd, Herbert Morrison, Harold Nicholson, Sir Herbert Samuel and George Tomlinson. All the writers express their reluctance and hesitation to associate themselves with the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for declining to support the suggestion and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.