Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart's papers reflect his position as the foremost military theorist in Britain between World Wars One and Two, as an influential military correspondent and as a prolific author of books on military theory and history. As such he sustained throughout his life an extensive correspondence with a wide variety of prominent individuals, including those in the armed forces, politicians, playwrights, journalists, military historians, embassy officials and clergymen.The collection includes Liddell Hart's files containing correspondence with several thousand individuals, as well as with government departments and military establishments, and clubs and political parties; his own military writings, including diary notes, memoranda, books, articles, letters to the press and texts of lectures; and an extensive collection of reference material, mainly comprising newspaper cuttings and pamphlets, covering a wide range of topics including military history, politics and society. The collection includes a small quantity of correspondence with Lady Liddell Hart, particularly after 1970.Correspondence with individuals, 1916-1970, with related papers, 1/1-780; general correspondence, 1904-1976, including with Embassy staff, Israeli military personnel, and researchers, 2/1-3241; correspondence with British and overseas publishers, military and non-military journals, news agencies, literary and legal advisers, 1919-1970, 3/1-196; correspondence with officialinstitutions, 1927-1970, including government departments, military establishments and museums, with correspondence relating to official histories of World Wars One and Two, 4/1-39; correspondence with political parties, clubs and organisations, 1922-1970, 5/1-35; letters to newspapers and journals, 1927-1968, 6/1927/1-6/1968/2; writings relating to military matters, 1910-1925, including diaries and notebooks, 7/1910/1-7/1925/13; papers relating to early life and career, 1895-1925, including service in World War One, 8/1-355; manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and reviews of books written or edited by Liddell Hart, with related papers, 1925-1970, 9/1-32, which includes notes on talks with T E Lawrence, 9/13, papers relating to German generals of World War Two, 9/24, and correspondence and papers relating to tanks, 9/28; published articles, including book reviews, with related papers, 1925-1969, 10/1925/1-10/1969/19 plus miscellaneous and supplementary papers; unpublished papers, 1925-1970, including appointment diaries, records of conversations and papers on military matters, and papers relating to Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1937-1957, 11/1925/1-11/1970/1 plus undated memoranda; notes for lectures, speeches, broadcasts and interviews, 1926-1969, with related correspondence, 12/1926/1-12/1969/4 plus miscellaneous papers; papers including presscuttings and copy letters relating to life and career, 1925-1970, 13/1-112; non-military material, including papers relating to religion, philosophy, sport, aviation, science, psychology and fashion, 1913-1969, 14/1-93; reference material, including original and published papers and proofs of publications, relating to military history, politics and society, 15/1-7, 16; military manualsand pamphlets, 1870-1961, 15/8. See below for those individuals who passed their own private papers to Liddell Hart.
Sans titreRecords of Coleman Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, rate assessments and accounts, and lists of jurymen and inquest men. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of Cripplegate Ward, Corporation of London, comprising wardmote agenda papers and petitions to the Court of Common Council. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Sans titreThese records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying outside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments and returns, plans of the ward and other administrative papers.
Sans titreRecords of Queenhithe Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, assessments, wardmote inquest verdicts and a list of voters. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library at various dates.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of All Saints, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; financial accounts; papers of Robinson's Charity; papers of Harrow Weald Old Schools; and parish magazines.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of St John the Baptist, Hillingdon, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and services. Also includes cash books and ledgers.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services; preacher's books; financial accounts and poster.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Holy Trinity, Northwood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of church buildings and fittings, including plans and faculties; papers relating to church charities, clubs and societies; papers relating to Northwood School and papers relating to parish boundaries.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary, Teddington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; registers of church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice including mortgages and sequestrations; papers relating to church buildings including faculties and a history of Saint Mary's; papers relating to the churchyard; Churchwardens' papers; Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Committee minutes and correspondence; financial accounts; papers relating to parish charities and the Church School; and parish newsletters.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Peter, Acton Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; orders of service; working papers and correspondence of the incumbent; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to glebe land; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage and hall; Churchwardens' accounts, reports and correspondence; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, correspondence and reports; financial accounts; papers regarding parish charities; and printed items including parish magazines, newspaper cuttings, programmes, posters and music; and photographs.
Sans titreParish magazines of the parish of Saint Mary, Edmonton.
Sans titreBaptism register for the mission church of Saint Barnabas, Acton Vale.
Sans titreParish of St Mary, Hampton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage; Vestry meeting minutes; financial records; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers of the Poor rate books; and Surveyor of the Highways rate books.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Matthew, Yiewsley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; preachers' books; correspondence, faculties, plans, and reports relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage, church hall and churchyard; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; parish magazine and papers relating to parish festivals and events.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, Hounslow, comprising registers of baptisms, register of marriages and Vestry meetings minute book.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Alban, North Harrow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; service notice sheets; orders of service; incumbent's correspondence; plan of the district; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church and hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of church societies including the Mothers' Union; photograph of clergy; programmes and posters for church events.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Holy Trinity, Wealdstone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns of marriage; preachers' book; registers of services; papers relating to alterations to parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction or maintenance of the church, vicarage and church hall; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes, reports, correspondence and papers; programmes and invitations for parish events; financial accounts; papers of parish societies and clubs; and printed items including newspaper cuttings, newsletters and annual reports.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of St John the Evangelist, Upper Edmonton, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Holy Cross, Greenford. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (1539/40-1989); photographs of church services, buildings, furniture and events (1935-1980); faculties, related correspondence, plans and photographs (1898-1997); various correspondence and other papers relating to rectors and curates of the parish (1822-1963); correspondence and plans relating to the changes in parish boundaries 1948-1967); a terrier (1890); altered tithe apportionments and other items related to the collection of tithes (1821-1935); vestry minute meeting books (1776-1912); Parochial Church Council minutes and sub-committee minutes (1945-1995); parish finances (1958-1995); electoral rolls (1920s-1990); Overseers' of the Poor account books (1771-1835); parish charity finances and correspondence (1799-1994); Betham School mangers' records (1903-1940); other Betham School records (1899-1903); parish magazines (1910-2006) and drawings of the churches (1809-1987).
Of particular note are plans for the decorative interior woodwork of the New Church designed by the architectural practice of Professor Sir A E Richardson (1945).
As marriage ceremonies are performed in both the Old and New Churches there are separate registers for the marriage services in the two buildings.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Peter, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; and annual financial accounts.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tottenham. This collection includes the registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages and confirmations (1882-1997); church service registers (1890-2006); church hall financial accounts (1994-2001); and financial records including cash book (1956-1985), journals (1950-2005), vicar's expenses (1965-1987) and offertory registers (1912-1935).
Sans titreRecords of the Parish of Holy Innocents, Hornsey, including registers of baptisms (1877-1992), marriages (1878-1941), banns (1909-1985), confirmations (1901-2003), funerals and churchings (1938-1964), as well as service registers and accounts.
Sans titreRecords of the Inner London Quarter Sessions, 1790-1974.
Papers of the Justices of the Peace, including Lord Lieutenant's papers; official lists of Justices; papers relating to the jurisdiction of Justices; papers relating to juvenile courts; correspondence and papers relating to the County of London Magistrates Club.
Papers of the Court in Session, including sessions rolls; court books; deposition books; court minute books; registers and indexes of appeals; Sheriff's inquisitions and returns; depositions; certificates of conviction; orders of court; reports and correspondence regarding the Mental Deficiency Acts; calendars of prisoners; estreat papers and rolls; and calendars of viticular licences.
Administrative papers including staff books; papers relating to probationers; County of London Standing Joint Committee minutes and papers; Committee of Quarter Sessions papers; Magistrates' Court Committee minutes and papers; County of London Licensing Committee papers and reports; County of London Licensing Planning Committee minutes and applications and County Confirming and Compensation Committee papers and reports.
Documents registered with the Court including papers relating to licences; maps and plans showing petty sessional divisions, borough boundaries, licensed premises and roads; papers relating to railways; lists of blind persons; register of parliamentary deposits and reports from the Commissioners on the State of the Roads.
Papers of the Clerk of the Peace and the Treasurer, including cash book; papers relating to County Days; correspondence relating to borough maps; general correspondence; indexes of deposited records and plans; and summaries of costs of criminal prosecutions.
Sans titreRecords of the Ealing North Divisional/Constituency Labour Party, including attendance books, annual reports, accounts and subject files on election campaigns. Though these files are mainly concerned with finance, many also include campaign material. Also ward/branch material. Each ward or branch had its own committee. Of particular interest are the early minute books of Northolt Labour Party.
Sans titreRecords of the Parish of St Dunstan, Cranford, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and burials; correspondence; papers relating to tithes and endowments; Churchwardens' accounts, correspondence and papers relating to the maintenance of the church; Vestry meetings minutes; papers relating to parish charities including accounts and correspondence; School Managers minute books; historical notes relating to Cranford; and maps of the parish.
Sans titreRecords of the church of Saint James the Great, Friern Barnet, including registers of births, confirmations, banns of marriage, marriages and burials; registers of services; papers relating to parish boundaries including maps; papers relating to the chaplaincy of Friern Hospital; papers relating to tithes and endowments; Churchwardens' accounts and papers relating to maintenance of the church, church hall and churchyard; Vestry meeting minutes; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including rates, accounts, and settlement papers; papers relating to parish charities including almshouses; papers relating to parish schools including St James's School, Cromwell Road School, St John's Schools, St Peter's School and St Paul's School; photographs; copies of parish magazines; and papers of the Parochial Church Council including minutes, accounts and reports.
Papers of the church of Saint John the Evangelist, Friern Barnet, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, banns of marriage, marriages and burials; registers of services; financial accounts; printed items and papers of the Churchwardens relating to the maintenance of the church.
Papers of the church of Saint Peter le Poer, Friern Barnet, including correspondence relating to the site of the church; papers relating to parish boundaries and letters regarding financing the building of the church.
Sans titreRecords of the Parish of All Hallows, Tottenham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and burials; registers of services; and legal papers relating to the National School.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice, glebe lands and tithes; papers of the Churchwardens relating to accounts, visitation, and the maintenance of the church fabric and the churchyard; Vestry minutes and papers; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers of the Overseers of the Poor relating to rates, financial accounts, the workhouse, settlement and poor relief; financial accounts of the Surveyor of the Highways; notices of the Constable; and papers of parish charities, the Church of England School and church societies.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Norwood Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to income and endowments; Churchwardens financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes, financial accounts and correspondence; and papers of Biscoe's Endowed School including minutes, trust deeds, correspondence, financial accounts and papers relating to the school building.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Giles, Ickenham, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Laurence, Cowley, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; and financial accounts of parish charities.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of All Saints, East Finchley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to endowments; records of the Churchwardens relating to finances, the maintenance of the church fabric and the church site; Vestry minutes; records of the Parochial Church Council relating to the parish hall; and papers of church societies.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary, Northolt, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers relating to tithes and glebe lands; faculties relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; records of the Overseers of the Poor including papers regarding the workhouse; historical notes; parish magazines and photographs.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Richard, Northolt, comprising four registers of church services.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of All Saints, South Acton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; annual reports and parish magazines.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Peter, Lower Edmonton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; financial accounts; and Committee meeting minutes.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Martin, Lower Edmonton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; papers relating to the consecration of the church; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings; correspondence; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Christ Church, Southgate, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and funerals, confirmations and banns of marriage; parish magazines; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and registers of church services.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Holy Trinity, Tottenham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations and church services; and preachers' books.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Peter, Tottenham, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Gabriel, Bounds Green, including registers of marriages, baptisms, confirmations and church services; parish magazines and interior views of the church.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint James, Gunnersbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, and church services; Preachers' books; papers relating to the creation of the parish of Brentford; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minute books; and correspondence.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Harefield, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, burials, preachers and church services; financial accounts; Churchwardens' accounts, reports, and papers relating to the maintenance of the church buildings and the churchyard; Vestry minutes; financial accounts of the Parish Constable and the Surveyors of Highways; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including settlement, bastardy and apprenticeship orders, and papers relating to pauper lunatics; papers of parish charities and schools.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels, Enfield, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage and church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and correspondence; brochures and orders of service; and curates' licences.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Anne, Brondesbury, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Mary, West Twyford, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmation and church services; correspondence and working papers of the incumbents; papers regarding parish missions; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church and church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes, correspondence, reports and papers; financial records; papers of the Mothers' Union and historical notes.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Andrew, Willesden, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; orders of service; papers relating to parish mergers; photographs of the church, clergy and other staff, and church activities; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; minutes of School Managers and School Governors; papers relating to the school including school building maintenance, inspection reports, correspondence, photographs and staffing; papers of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; newspaper cuttings; and histories.
Sans titreRecords of the parish of Saint Barnabas, Temple Fortune, Hendon, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services; papers relating to the construction of the church including plans; faculties and inventories relating to church fixtures and fittings; papers relating to the maintenance of the church hall and vicarage; minutes of Vestry, Parochial Church Council and other Committee meetings; Social Society papers; parish magazines and brochures.
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