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Catalogue description ARCHIVE OF SIR PERCY JAMES GRIGG, PC, KCB, KCSI
This record is held by Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
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| Title: | ARCHIVE OF SIR PERCY JAMES GRIGG, PC, KCB, KCSI |
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PART I: 1901-1945 PJGG 1 PERSONAL DOCUMENTS AND HONOURS PJGG 2 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1901-1939 PJGG 2/1 Lord Brabourne PJGG 2/2 Neville Chamberlain PJGG 2/3 Lord Chetwode PJGG 2/4 [Sir] Winston Churchill PJGG 2/5 B.C.A. Cook PJGG 2/6 [Sir] Donald Fergusson PJGG 2/7 Sir Francis Floud PJGG 2/8 His uncle PJGG 2/9 F.A. Grigg PJGG 2/10 Sir Maurice Hallett PJGG 2/11 H.Hodson PJGG 2/12 S.Inglis PJGG 2/13 Lord Linlithgow PJGG 2/14 Lord Lothian PJGG 2/15 Dr Hans Luther PJGG 2/16 Norman Montagu PJGG 2/17 Sri Prakasa PJGG 2/18 [Sir] Jeremy Raisman PJGG 2/19 Lord Snowden PJGG 2/20 Sir Findlater Stewart PJGG 2/21 Lord Trenchard PJGG 2/22 Lord Willingdon PJGG 2/23 Sir Horace J. Wilson PJGG 2/24 Guy Wint PJGG 2/25 Miscellaneous PJGG 3 FINANCE: INDIA 1935-1936 PJGG 3/1 The Niemeyer Inquiry PJGG 3/2-10 The Reserve Bank PJGG 4 POLITICS (INDIA): FEDERATION AND DEFENCE PJGG 4/1-3 Federation PJGG 4/4 Defence PJGG 5 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS (INDIA) PJGG 5/1 Official 1938-1939 PJGG 5/2 Speeches and Newspaper Cuttings PJGG 6 LADY GRIGG: CORRESPONDENCE PJGG 6/1 The Beauty of India PJGG 6/2-9 Letters to Dorothy Hammonds 1934-1939 PJGG 7 LADY GRIGG: LETTERS TO THOMAS JONES 1934-1939 PJGG 8 WAR OFFICE: PAPERS RELATING TO INDIA 1939-1942 PJGG 8/1 Indian Affairs: 1939-Jan 1940 PJGG 8/2 Indian Dossier (BM 26/40) PJGG 8/3 Indian Affairs: Feb-Oct 1940 PJGG 8/4 Indian Affairs: Nov 1940-Feb 1942 PJGG 9 WAR OFFICE: CORRESPONDENCE PJGG 9/1-4 Letters of Congratulation PJGG 9/5 Correspondence on Grigg's Pension Rights 1942-1945 PJGG 9/6 Letters to Grigg's Father 1939-1945 PJGG 9/7 General Correspondence 1942-1945 (with Sir John Anderson, Field-Marshal Alexander, Dr E.A. Benians, A.J.Brooke, Mrs Churchill, the Duke of Devonshire, F.A.Grigg, Sir James Grigg, Sir Alan Lascelles, General Paget, R.J.Pugsley, Lord Rennell, Sir Bertie Staig, Lord Trenchard, Miscellaneous) 9/8-9 Correspondence with Field-Marshal Montgomery 1943-1945 PART II: 1946-1964 PJGG 10 COMMITTEES PJGG 11 MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENCE 1945-1963 PJGG 12 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1946-1964 PJGG 13 LITERARY: PREJUDICE AND JUDGMENT PJGG 14 LITERARY: ARTICLES AND OBITUARIES PJGG 15 LITERARY: REVIEWS PJGG 16 MISCELLANEOUS Perhaps the most interesting papers are those concerned with India (sections 2-8), which include those acquired during Sir James's appointment as Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council (1934-1939) and questions about India that arose when he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War (1939-1942). An interesting background for the earlier period is provided by Lady Grigg's letters to Dr Thomas Jones (section 7). Unhappily, little survives from Sir James's time as Secretary of State for War (1942-1945) except some general correspondence. A notable exception is his lively correspondence with Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery (sections PJGG 9/8, PJGG 9/9), with whom he was on the best of terms. During Grigg's term as Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council, the Viceroy was known constitutionally as Viceroy, Governor-General, and Crown Representative. The designation that appears on the document has been retained. |
| Date: | 1901-2009 |
| Held by: | Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 16 series 29 boxes |
| Restrictions on use: |
Permission to quote, whether in a thesis or in any other published form (other than 'fair dealing' in the case of already published material), must also be obtained from the copyright-owner. |
| Access conditions: |
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required. |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1970, after the death of Lady Grigg, the beneficiaries under Sir James Grigg's will agreed to deposit his papers at Churchill College. They reached the College in June 1971. |
| Custodial history: |
Before his death, in 1964, Sir James had looked through the papers, presumably destroying ephemera. After his death the papers were examined by the Ministry of Defence, but official items were not removed. In January 1971 some papers relating to Sir James's post-war interests were added. |
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CURRICULUM VITAE PERCY JAMES GRIGG (1890-1964) 16 Dec 1890 Born at Exmouth, son of F.A.Grigg, a carpenter Jan 1903 Scholarship to Bournemouth School Dec 1908 Scholarship to St John's College 1912 BA - Mathematical Tripos Aug 1913 First in Civil Service examination Oct 1913 Entered the Treasury, Fourth Division 1915-1918 Royal Garrison Artillery 30 July 1919 Married Gertrude Charlotte Hough 1921 Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer (to 1930) 1930 Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise 1930 Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue 1 Jan 1932 KCB 31 Jan 1934 Finance Member, Government of India 5 Feb 1936 KCSI Oct 1939 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 22 Feb 1942 Secretary of State for War (to 26 July 1945) 23 Feb 1942 PC 1942 MP for East Cardiff (to July 1945) 1943 Hon. Fellow of St John's College 1946 Hon. LL.D (Bristol) 1946 Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and development (to 1947) 1947 Director, Imperial Tobacco Company 1948 Director, Prudential Assurance Company 1949 Director, National Provincial Bank 1950 Director, Distillers Company 21 Jan 1954 Hon. Bencher, Middle Temple 1961 Chairman, Bass, Mitchells and Butlers 5 May 1964 Died Publications: P.J.Grigg, Prejudice and Judgment (1948) |
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