Aitken, William Maxwell, (1879-1964), 1st Baron Beaverbrook, newspaper proprietor

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Alternative name(s):	Beaverbrook (Also known as)
Surname:	Aitken
Forenames:	William Maxwell
Gender:	Male
Date:	1879-1964
Title:	1st Baron Beaverbrook
History:	Newspaper proprietor. Knighted 1911; Baron 1917. Con MP 1910. Minister of Information and Privy Cllr 1918. Purchased Daily Express 1916, launched Sunday Express 1918, acquired Evening Standard 1922. Minister of Supply 1941; Lord Privy Seal 1943-45.
Biography:	ODNB link for Aitken, William Maxwell (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook, newspaper proprietor
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274812 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P149976 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Maxwell Aitken

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1910-64: corresp and papers	Parliamentary Archives	BBK	NRA 19284 Aitken See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
2	1902-52: Canadian corresp	Library and Archives Canada	MG27 IIG1	See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1981-82
3	1928-64: Canadian corresp	University of New Brunswick Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1977-78
4	1941: papers	The National Archives	CAB 127/239-58
5	papers	News UK Archive		NRA 19359 The Times
6	1918-35: letters (31) from John Buchan	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.7006
7	1941-1962: corresp with AV Alexander	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AVAR	NRA 12665 Alexander
8	1957-64: corresp with Lord Avon	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AP 23/8	NRA 28779 Eden
9	1928: corresp with AJ Balfour rel to "Politicans and the War"	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD433	NRA 10026 Balfour See NRA(S)0012
10	1931-32: corresp with Arnold Bennett's solicitors	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 299	NRA 29882 Bennett
11	1952-64: corresp with Geoffrey Bocca	Parliamentary Archives	BBK C/46	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
12	corresp with Austen Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AC/15	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
13	1931-45: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
14	1924-1936: corresp with Duff Cooper	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	DUFC	NRA 31392
15	1916-1947: corresp with Lord Croft	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CRFT	NRA 15709 Croft
16	1915-56: corresp with Viscount Davidson	Parliamentary Archives	DAV	NRA 33872
17	1922-23: corresp with 17th Earl of Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
18	1959-63: letters to Desmond Donnelly	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Desmond Donnelly Papers/A	NRA 41723
19	corresp with Henry Drummond-Wolff	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		NRA 27395
20	1927-32: corresp with Lord Elibank	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD32	NRA 11852 Murray See NRA(S)0367 1172
21	1925-60: corresp with WA Gerhardie	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8292	NRA 42210
22	1931-59: letters to Charles Graves	Parliamentary Archives	HL/PO/RO/1/86
23	1944: corresp with Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers	NRA 8128 Wood
24	1924-45: letters from TM Healy	National Library of Ireland		See Accessions to Repositories 1979
25	corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Templewood Papers	NRA 42205 Hoare
26	1910-23: corresp (c100 items) with Andrew Bonar Law	Parliamentary Archives	BL	NRA 19286
27	1932-63: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Liddell Hart B H	NRA 19291
28	1916-44: corresp with David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
29	1912-31: corresp with HA Gwynne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Gwynne MSS	See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 5 1978
30	1923-63: corresp with David Low	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 96
31	1940-43: letters to the Manchester Guardian	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Guardian archives	NRA 18162 Guardian
32	1936-1954: corresp with Lord Monckton	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections	Dep Monckton	NRA 20879 Monckton
33	1911-22: corresp with Lord Northcliffe	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 62161
34	1931: corresp with Walter Runciman rel to international loans	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WR	NRA 13873
35	1931-45: corresp with Herbert Samuel	Parliamentary Archives	SAM	NRA 11187
36	1920-41: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
37	1919-56: corresp with Marie Stopes	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 58555
38	1922-26: corresp with John St Loe Strachey	Parliamentary Archives	STR	NRA 19285
39	corresp with JH Thomas	Kent History and Library Centre	U1625	NRA 15918
40	1964: corresp with Lady Rhys Williams	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Rhys Williams Papers/11/1/1	NRA 41138
41	1939-1954: corresp with Leo Amery	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AMEL