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Letter signed (‘Baldwin of Bewdley’) to “My dear Lloyd George”, reading “A telegram seems a mean form of message on such an occasion, hence I grasp my pen to send you my warm good wishes and congratulations for this milestone of a birthday. Don’t dream of replying, but if Megan were to call on me when I am in London - and she has been kind enough to come and see me- and if she could tell me that this note has given you half the pleasure to read that it has given me to write, I shall be happy. I have forgotten the
Welsh Ted taught me when I went to ..fifteen years ago, as I would have added a word to mark the occasion”; and a letter signed by William Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), reading “You have been given the best birthday celebration in history. My attachment to you is constant. My devotion is fixed and immovable in my life. I would grieve deeply if you doubted my loyalty. The newspapers have
never wavered in your support. My restraint of late is due to my support of Winston. He rides high, wide and handsome”,

Letters, 1950-1972, mainly from historians and writers, relating to their research work on D. Lloyd George, details of publications and fees paid, notably in connection with Frank Owen, Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George, his Life and Times (London, 1954). The file includes letters from Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook (6), 1950-1964, Martin Gilbert [1960s], John Grigg, 1968, and A. J. P. Taylor, 1972.

The letters relate to the preparation of Frances's various wills, the sale of the Lloyd George Papers to Lord Beaverbrook in 1949-1950, the management of Frances's properties at Churt and at Llanystumdwy, the letters patent of the peerage awarded to Lloyd George in 1945, and the execution of a deed of gift to Frances's sister Muriel.

Over one hundred and forty-five letters, 1907-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames A-C), including Boris Anrep (2) 1928, Lord Beaverbrook (1) 1959, Max Beerbohm (1) 1952, Frank Brangwyn (1) 1947, Gerald Brenan (7) ?1946-1957, Roy Campbell (5) ?1928-c. 1951-1952, Dora Carrington (1) 1928, Aleister Crowley (2) 1925-1947, and Nancy Cunard (2) c. 1934-[1954].

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Kit Adeane, 1943-1957, and letters from Dorelia John to her, [1951] and [1957] and Vivien John, 1957; Michael Ayrton, 1961; Tallulah [Bankhead], 1930; Sir Herbert Barker, 1930-1944, and 1950 to his widow, with a biographical note; John Beatty, Director of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1910-1920; Lord Beaverbrook, 1918, and a letter, 1917, from Lord Beaverbrook to Sir Frederick Smith, relating to 'the greatest artist of our time'; Basil Burdett, [1935]; and typescript copies of letters to Count William de Belleroche, 1943-1961, and two letters from Dorelia John, 1960 and 1962.