Catalogue description Artificial file regarding Imperial matters.

The file includes: 2 letters and telegram of congratulation from Lord Beaverbrook on contribution by LS to D. Express and speech by LS to Southampton branch of British Empire Society, 1929-30 (1-7, including cuttings and typescript text of speech); Lord Passfield, 9 March 1931, inviting LS to serve as chairman of Royal Commission on Malta (9); letters from S. Africa following visit by LS and preparation of a Note on Planning in the Union, 1936, correspondents include General Smuts (10), General Hertzog (11), Deneys Reitz (12); correspondence with Robert (later Sir Rbt.) Menzies, 1939, 41 (15, 18-19); further letter from Reitz, 1939 (16); letter from Sarah Gertrude Millin [writer and wife of Supreme Court Judge], 1939 (17); correspondence with Lord Queenborough about membership of the Royal Society of St. George, 1941 (20-4).

For imperial matters see also MSS.119/3/S/IN below.