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CHAPTER XXI
a. Magnus: Kitchener, p. 278
CHAPTER XXII
a. Asquith Papers, box xiii, ff 242-3 and 244-53
b. ibid., box xiii, ff 254-5
c. Beaverbrook: Politicians and the War, p. 101
d. Moorehead: Gallipoli, p. 220
e. French: 1914, pp. 356-7
f. Asquith Papers, box xxvi, ff 226-3 T
g. ibid., box xxvii, ff 162-3
h. ibid., box xiv, ff 43-4
i. ibid., box xiv, ff 44-6
j. ibid., box xiv, ff 47-50
k. ibid., box xiv, ff 172-5
CHAPTER XXIII
a. Asquith Papers, box xxvii, ff 216-7
b. ibid., box iv, ff. 129-30
c. Memories and Reflections, ii, pp. 109-10
d. Asquith Papers, box viii, ff 82-3
e. Blake: The Unknown Prime Minister, pp. 262-3
f. Asquith Papers, box xxviii, ff. 162-7
g. ibid., box xv, fF. 44-5
h. ibid., box, xv, fF. 46-50
i. ibid., box viii, fF. m-12
j. Margot Asquith: Autobiography, ii, pp. 221-2
k. Asquith Papers, box xxvi, fF. 125-65 /. Blake, op. cit., p. 269
m. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, p. 311
n. Asquith Papers, box xv, fF. 95-6
0. Beaverbrook: Politicians and the War, pp. 162-3
p. Asquith Papers, box xv, fF. 128-9
q. Magnus: Kitchener, p. 367
r. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 112
s. ibid., ii, pp. 112-3
CHAPTER XXIV
a. Petrie: The Life and Letters of the Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain, ii, p. 48
b. Asquith Papers, box xxviii, fF. 291-2
c. ibid., box xvi, fF. 8-9
d. Spender and Asquith : Life of Lord Oxford & Asquith, ii, p. 176
e. Hankey: The Supreme Command, ii, pp. 483-4
f. Memories and Reflections, ii, pp. 126-7
g. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, pp. 3-5
h. Hankey, op. cit., ii, p. 475
1. Asquith Papers, box viii, 159-60
j. Hankey: op. cit., ii, p. 476
k. Hanson Baldwin: World War I, p. 73
/. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 214
m. ibid., ii, p. 216
n. ibid., ii, p. 215-16 0. ibid., ii, p. 217
p. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, p. 419
q. Asquith Papers, box viii, fF. 171-8
r. ibid., box viii, fF. 179-82
s. ibid., box xlvi
t. ibid., box viii, fF. 179-82
u. ibid., box viii, fF. 189-90
CHAPTER XXV
a. Hankey: The Supreme Command, ii, p. 509
b. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 84
c. f Blake: The Unknown Prime Minister, pp. 288-90 ''Owen: Tempestuous Journey, pp. 319-20
532
d. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, p. 456
e. Asquith Papers, box xxx, ff. 163-4 f Lloyd George: op. cit., pp. 457-9
g. Lady Scott’s diary for June 20th, 1916
h. Margot Asquith: Autobiography, ii, p. 245
i. Hankey: op. cit., ii, p. 525
j. ibid., ii, pp. 512-13
k. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 158
l. Margot Asquith, op. cit., ii, pp. 242-4
m. Memories and Reflections, ii, pp. 158-9
n. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 10
0. Cameron: 1916, p. 192
p. Hankey, op. ct., ii, p. 557
q. Asquith Papers, box viii, ff. 209-10
r. Lloyd George, op. cit., pp. 514-20
s. Hankey, op. cit., ii, pp. 558-9
t. Lloyd George, op. cit., pp. 574-5 11. Hankey, op. cit., ii, p. 563
CHAPTER XXVI
a. Beaverbrook: Politicians and the War, pp. 329-30
b. ibid., p. 343
c. Hankey: The Supreme Command, ii, p. 564
d. Beaverbrook: op. cit., p. 348
e. ibid., p. 356
/. ibid., pp. 355-7
g. ibid., p. 346
h. Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, ii, p. 168
1. Austen Chamberlain: Down the Years, p. 117
j. Hankey: op. cit., ii, p. 565
k. Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford & Asquith, ii, pp. 252-3; a very slightly different version is given in Beaverbrook, op. cit., p. 387.
/. ibid., ii, pp. 253-4
m. Asquith Papers, box xiv, f. 65
n. A note written by Montagu on December 9th, 1916 0. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, p. 589
p. Hankey: op. cit., ii, pp. 565-6
q. Montagu note
r. Asquith Papers, box xxxi, ff. 8-12
s. Beaverbrook: op. cit., pp. 411-14
t. Newton: Lord Lausdowne, pp. 452-3
u. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 260
v. Austen Chamberlain: op. cit., pp. 117-18
w. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 13 m.
x. Blake: The Unknown Prime Minister, p. 320
y. Beaverbrook, op. cit., pp. 426-7
z. ibid., p. 430
aa. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 264 bb. Hankey: op. cit., ii, p. 566 cc. Montagu note
dd. Asquith Papers, box xxxi, ff. 16-7 ee. Beaverbrook, op. cit., p. 435
CHAPTER XXVII
a. Hankey: The Supreme Command, ii, pp. 567-8
b. Beaverbrook: Politicians and the War, p. 439
c. Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford & Asquith, ii, p. 264
d. Trevelyan: Grey of Fallodon, p. 329
e. Austen Chamberlain: Down the Years, pp. 123-4
f. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, pp. 595-601
g. Montagu note
h. Beaverbrook, op. cit., pp. 450-1
i. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 266
j. Lloyd George: op. cit., i, pp. 593-4
k. Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, ii, p. 126 /. Montagu note
in. Chamberlain, op. cit., p. 124 n. Nicolson: King George V, pp. 287-8 0. Lloyd George, op. cit., p. 596
p. Young: Arthur James Balfour, p. 368
q. Beaverbrook, op. cit., p. 495
r. Lloyd George, op. cit., 595-6
s. Nicolson, op. cit., pp. 290-1
t. ibid., p. 291
u. ibid., p. 292
v. Quoted in part in Beaverbrook, op. cit., p. 501
w. Dugdale: op. cit., ii, p. 134
x. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, pp. 12-13
y. Grey of Fallodon: Twenty Five Years, ii, p. 241
CHAPTER XXVIII
a. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 15
b. ibid., p. 15
c. ibid., p. 17
d. Asquith Papers, box xviii, ff. 8-9
e. The Times, May 7th, 1918
/. Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford & Asquith, ii, p. 303
g. Beaverbrook: Men and Power, pp. 253-4 and 382
h. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 306 /. Beaverbrook, op. cit., pp. 262-3
j. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 77
k. ibid., p. 83
/* ibid., pp. 81-2
m. Margot Asquith: Autobiography, ii, pp. 302-3 11. Lloyd George: War Memoirs, p. 1786
0. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 86
p. ibid., p. 90
q. Memories and Refections, ii, p. 171
r. Margot Asquith: op cit., pp. 332-4
s. Asquith Papers, box xxxiii, £37
t. ibid., box xxxiii, £ 26
u. ibid., box xxxiii, f. 67
v. ibid., box xxxiii, f£. 50-1
w. ibid., box xxxiii, f. 25
x. ibid., box xxxiii, ff. 27-8
y. ibid., box xxxiii, f. 76
2r. ibid., box xxxiii, f£. 29-31
aa. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 98
CHAPTER XXIX
a. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 122
b. ibid., p. 123
c. ibid., pp. 125-6
d. Churchill: Gre
at Contemporaries, p. 139
e. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, pp. 129-31 /. Memories and Refections, ii, p. 182
g. ibid., ii, p. 183
h. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 135
1. Memories and Refections, ii, p. 192
j. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, p. 3 8
k. Memories and Refections, ii, pp. 192-3 /. ibid., ii, p. 183
m. Asquith Papers, box xxxiv, f£. 1-6 u. ibid., box xxxiv, ff. 15-18 0. ibid., box xxxiv, ff. 30-1
p. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, p. 204
q. ibid., ii, passim
r. ibid., ii, p. 38
s. ibid., ii, p. 74
t. Randolph Churchill: Lord Derby, p. 461
u. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, p. 36
v. ibid., ii, p. 37
iv. ibid., ii, p. 53
x. ibid., ii, p. 123
y. ibid., ii, p. 78
cc. Memories and Refections, ii, p. 208 dd. Asquith Papers, box xlvi, f. 93 ee. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 209
CHAPTER XXX
a. Extract from the diary of Lady Violet Bonham Carter
b. ibid.
c. Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford & Asquith, ii, p. 351
d. ibid., ii, p. 354
e. ibid., ii, p. 355
f. Asquith Papers, box xxxv, ff. 9-127
g. ibid., box xxxv, f. 159
h. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, p. 122
i. ibid., ii, p. 131
j. ibid., ii, p. 139
k. ibid., ii, p. 128
/. Asquith Papers, box xviii, ff. 101-2
m. ibid., box xviii, ff. 103-4
n. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, p. 135 0. ibid., ii, p. 133
p. Asquith Papers, box xxxiv, ff. 277-9
q. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, p. 171
r. Asquith Papers, box xxxv, ff. 226-9
s. ibid., box xxxv, ff. 241-4
t. ibid., box xviii, ff. 115-16
u. Spender and Asquith, op. cit., ii, p. 369
v. Letters from Lord Oxford to a Friend, ii, pp. 182-3
w. Memories and Reflections, ii, p. 253
APPENDICES
Appendix A
The following is the list of those whom or some of whom it was proposed to approach with a view to the submission of their names to the King in the event of a creation of Peers becoming necessary. It is printed without alteration exactly as found among Asquith’s papers.
The Rt. Hon. Sir John T. Brunner, Bart.
The Rt. Hon. James Stuart.
The Rt. Hon. Robert Farquhar-son, M.D., LL.D.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Algernon West, G.C.B.
The Rt. Hon. Frederick Huth Jackson.
The Rt. Hon. Arnold Morley. The Rt. Hon. Sir John Rhys.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Edgar Speyer, Bart.
The Rt. Hon. Sir George O.
Trevelyan, Bart.
The Rt. Hon. Arthur H. Dyke Acland.
The Rt. Hon. Eugene Wason, M.P.
The Rt. Hon. John W. Mellor, K.C.
The Rt. Hon. Sir William Mather. The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry E.
Roscoe, F.R.S., Ph.D., LL.D. The Rt. Hon. George W. E. Russell.
The Rt. Hon. Thomas W. Russell. The Rt. Hon. John F. Cheetham.
The Rt. Hon. Robert G. Glen-dinning.
The Rt. Hon. James Caldwell.
The Rt. Hon. Arthur Cohen, K.C.
The Rt. Hon. Alfred Emmott, M.P.
The Rt. Hon. Sir T. Vezey Strong (Lord Mayor).
H. J. Tennant, Esq., M.P.
Sir J. Herbert Roberts, Bart., M.P.
Sir Archibald Williamson, Bart., M.P.
Sir John A. Dewar, Bart., M.P.
John S. Ainsworth, Esq., M.P.
William Phipson Beale, Esq., K.C., M.P.
The Earl of Clonmel.
Sir Thomas Courtenay T.Wamer, Bart., C.B., M.P.
Sir Edward Strachey, Bart., M.P.
Charles Norris Nicholson, Esq., M.P.
Sir Thomas Borthwick, Bart.
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, Bart.
David Erskine, Esq.
Sir William H. Lever, Bart.
Sir A. Thomas.
J. Crombie, Esq.
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart.
Sir James Low, Bart.
Sir George H. Lewis, Bart.
Sir Edward Donner, Bart.
The Hon. Arthur L. Stanley. Major Gen. J. F. Brocklehurst, C.B., C.V.O.
Col. Arthur Collins.
Col. Sir Arthur Davidson, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.
The Hon. O. S. B. Brett.
Sir Francis D. Blake, Bart.
Sir John Barker, Bart.
R. Farrer, Esq.
The Hon. W. Pember Reeves.
Sir H. Harmsworth, Bart. Seymour Allen, Esq.
-Caird, Esq. (Dundee.)
A. Chamberlain, Esq.
Sir K. Muir Mackenzie, G.C.B., K.C.
George Fuller, Esq.
H. Holloway, Esq.
Captain A. F. Luttrell.
Sir Walter Runciman, Bart.
Sir E. Russell.
Sir H. Primrose, K.C.B., C.S.I.,
I.S.O.
Sir A. R. Simpson.
Professor Henry Jones, LL.D. Anthony Hope Hawkins, Esq. Henry Neville Gladstone, Esq.
H. Beaumont, Esq.
J. A. Bright, Esq.
Hugh E. Hoare, Esq.
Sir Edward T. Holden.
Emslie J. Horniman, Esq.
Oswald Partington, Esq.
Sir T. T. Scarisbrick, Bart.
F. Verney, Esq.
Capt. The Hon. Clive Bigham. The Hon. A. J. Davey.
Sir Murland de Grasse Evans, Bart.
The Lord Haddo.
The Hon. W. J. James.
Sir Harry H. Johnston, G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B.
Commander the Hon. FI. A.
Scudamore Stanhope, R.N.
R. C. Phillimore, Esq.
Sir Robert H. Hobart, K.C.V.O., C.B.
The Hon. John Wallop.
Sir Albert E. H. Naylor-Leyland, Bart.
The Hon. H. W. Blyth.
Sir Kenelm E. Digby, G.C.B.
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, Bart. The Hon. L. U. K. Shuttleworth. Major A. L. Langman.
The Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh, K.C., K.C.B.
The Hon. Bertrand Russell.
Sir Edgar Vincent, K.C.M.G. Major Gen. Sir Alfred E. Turner, K.C.B.
Sir T. D. Gibson-Carmichael, Bart., K.C.M.G.
Principal Roberts.
R. Collins, Esq.
G. Freeman Barbour, Esq. Admiral Sir Cyprian A. G.
Bridge, G.C.B.
Sir Fowell Buxton.
The Hon. Geoffrey Coleridge.
Sir W. Dunbar, Bart.
Principal Donaldson.
W. S. Haldane, Esq.
Victor Horsley, Esq.
Sir John F. F. Horner, K.C.V.O. Gwynne Hughes, Esq.
Sir T. W. Nussey, Bart.
General Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. Frank Lloyd, Esq.
Joseph Rowntree, Esq.
F. Thomasson, Esq.
Sir Ernest Soares, LL.D.
Sir Charles E. Tritton, Bart.
Sir James Woodhouse.
Donald Crawford, Esq., K.C.
-Tangye, Esq.
-Bowring.
T. H. Amory, Esq.
Lord Ernest St. Maur.
Sir T. Barlow, Bart.
Lord R. Cavendish.
John Cowan, Esq.
A. H. Crosfield, Esq.
Laurence Currie, Esq.
Sir Andrew Fraser, K.C.S.I.
Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart.
G. P. Gooch, Esq.
The Rt. Hon. Sir J. Gorst, LL.D.,
F. R.S., K.C.
Cecil Grenfell, Esq.
General Sir Ian S. M. Hamilton,
G. C.B., D.S.O.
F. Harrison, Esq., or J R. H. Harrison, Esq. j Norman Lamont, Esq.
R. C. Lehma
nn, Esq.
Sir H. S. Leon.
-McKenna.
T. P. Maclay, Esq.
John Massie, Esq.
Gilbert Murray, Esq.
Sir William Robertson Nicol.
Sir Owen Philipps, K.C.M.G. The Hon. Rollo Russell.
Arthur Sedgwick, Esq.
Captain C. W. Norton, M.P.
Sir David Brynmor Jones, K.C., M.P.
T. R. Ferens, Esq., M.P.
Sir Edwin Cornwall, M.P.
Sir Leonard Lyell, Bart.
Austin Taylor, Esq.
Sir William L. Younger, Bart.
Sir William J. Crossley, Bart.
Sir William J. Collins.
Sir E. Evans.
J. A. Spender, Esq.
Sir William E. Garstin, G.C.M.G. Sir Francis A. Charming, Bart. Major Edward M. Dunne.
The Hon. M. Napier.
Ernest A. Villiers, Esq.
Sir William Wedderburn, Bart. Sir Henry Ballantyne.
Sir Samuel Chisholm, Bart.
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart.
Sir Frank Crisp.
Robert Wallace, Esq., K.C.
Sir T. Roberts.
Sir Abe Bailey.
Sir Alexander D. Klein wort, Bart. Alexander Cross, Esq.
Harold Ellis, Esq.
Thomas Hardy, Esq., O.M.
Sir Hubert H. Longman, Bart. W. H. Dickinson, Esq., M.P. James Brain, Esq.
John Churchill, Esq.
C. H. Corbett, Esq.
Sir George J. E. Dashwood, Bart. Alfred Edison Hutton, Esq.
Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde.
Sir Benjamin Sands Johnson. Algernon Marshall S. Methuen, Esq.
Sir Swire Smith.
Sir William James Ingram, Bart. Harry Sturgis, Esq.
-Leedam.
Sir Robert Buckle.
The Hon. Charles Lawrence.
Sir Francis Flint Belsey.
Charles Edward Mallet, Esq.
The Hon. Geoffrey R. C. Fiennes. David Davies, Esq., M.P.
Sir Robert A. Hadfield.
Sir William E. Clegg. /
Sir William Angus.
J. M. Barrie, Esq.
Sir Robert Andrew Allison. Charles R. Buxton, Esq.
Sir Joseph F. Leese, Bart. William Fuller-Maitland, Esq.
Sir Frank Hillyard Newnes, Bart.
H. J. Glanville, Esq., M.P.
Sir E. J. Boyle, Bart.
J. H. Brodie, Esq.
Col. Henry Platt, C.B.
Percy Barlow, Esq.
Stanley George Barwick, Esq.
-Nelson.
-Neumann.
Sir J. Briscoe, Bart.
Sir Charles Cameron, Bart. Chatfield Clarke, Esq.