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Includes letters to and from Sir John Simon, a letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair and a letter to Viscount Snowden.

The file includes letters addressed to D. Lloyd George during his final illness in February and March 1945, and messages of condolence sent to Frances following his death on 26 March 1945. The file includes letters from Margaret, Lady Birkenhead, Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir Percy Harris, Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris, Herbert Morrison (Lord Morrison of Lambeth), and Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso).

The recipients of the letters include Clement Attlee, Lord Beaverbrook, Leonard F. Behrens, Ernest Bevin (8 letters), Brendan Bracken (5 letters), Winston Churchill, F. Seymour Cocks, Lord Colwyn (4 letters), Hugh Dalton, Walter Elliot, Dr T. I. Ellis, D. Owen Evans (2 letters), Major Gwilym Lloyd-George, Sir Edward Grigg, Lord Halifax (4 letters), Lord Hankey, General Sir Edmund Ironside (2 letters), Sir William Jenkins MP, Neath (3 letters), Sir Roger Keyes (3 letters), Kingsley Martin, Malcolm MacDonald (2 letters), Harold Macmillan (3 letters), Reginald McKenna (3 letters), Harold Nicolson (3 letters), Frank Owen, Lord Plymouth, Lord Samuel (2 letters), Geoffrey Shakespeare (2 letters), Sir Archibald Sinclair (4 letters), Lord Teviot, J. P. L. Thomas (3 letters), and Sir Robert Webber, the Western Mail. Also includes a copy of a letter from Malcolm MacDonald to Lord Davies and copies of other incoming letters.

Includes copies of letters to the following recipients: Lord Addison (3 letters), Brendan Bracken, Lord Colwyn (2 letters), Rev. Gwilym Davies, Joseph E. Davies, Sir William Llewelyn Davies (3 letters), Garbett Edwards (numerous letters), Will John MP, Sir Thomas Artemus Jones (3 letters), George Lerry, Wrexham, Lord Lothian, Kingsley Martin, Lord Melchett, Herbert Morrison (3 letters), Malcolm MacDonald (2 letters), Lord Reith (2 letters), Sir Archibald Sinclair, Thomas Waterhouse (2 letters) and Sir Robert Webber, the Western Mail (2 letters).

Carbon copies of letters sent to Frances in response to the proposal that a Lloyd George Memorial College might be established in North Wales. The file includes letters from Lord Beaverbrook, Aneurin Bevan, Robert Boothby, Sybil Thorndike Casson, Richard Crossman, Anthony Eden, James Griffiths, P. J. Grigg, Maurice Hankey, Augustus John, Harold J. Laski, Gilbert Murray, B. Seebohm Rowntree, Sir Archibald Sinclair (Lord Thurso), and Jan Smuts. All the writers agree to support the proposal. Some of the letter writers expand on their reasons for supporting the proposal and reflect on Lloyd George's life, career and contribution.