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Correspondence and papers, 1955-1970, relating to various proposals for statues and memorial tablets to commemorate David Lloyd George: a statue of Lloyd George in the members' lobby of the House of Commons unveiled in December 1963, and a memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey unveiled in July 1970. The file includes letters from Nigel Birch, 1955, Clough Williams-Ellis, 1970, Dingle Foot (4), 1969-1970, Owen, third earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (4), 1969-1970, Geoffrey Rippon (2), 1963, William Lloyd-George, 2nd viscount Tenby, 1970, Jeremy Thorpe, 1970, and Harold Wilson (3), 1969.

The letters concern mainly the use of the Lloyd George Papers (originally in the Beaverbrook Library, later transferred to the custody of the Record Office at the House of Lords) by researchers, the press and the media, and related questions of copyright. Some of the letters relate to various events organised to commemorate the name of D. Lloyd George. The file includes letters from Richard Dimbleby, 1949, Sir Dingle Foot, 1952, Jan Smuts, 1948, and Leonard Stein, 1951.