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Ismay, Hastings Lionel, (1887-1965), 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington, General

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Alternative name(s):
  • Wormington (Also known as)
Surname: Ismay
Forenames: Hastings Lionel
Gender: Male
Date: 1887-1965
Title: 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington
History: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations,1951; first Secretary General of NATO, 1951-57. Created Baron, 1947.
Biography: ODNB link for Ismay, Hastings Lionel (1887-1965) 1st Baron Ismay, General
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274966 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P137187 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Hastings Lionel Ismay
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1893-1965: corresp and papers
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
NRA 12103 Ismay

See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
2
1922-49: corresp and papers
The National Archives
3
1961-65: corresp with Lord Avon
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 28779 Eden
4
1940-54: corresp with Lord Cherwell
Oxford University: Nuffield College Library
NRA 16447
5
1951-52: corresp with LG Curtis
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 21614
6
1941-42: corresp with Lord Keyes
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 13484
7
1947-1956: corresp with Lord Monckton
Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections
NRA 20879 Monckton
8
1927-35: corresp with Colonel C Walker
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 13167 Walker