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- 27 August 1965 - 3 November 1989 (Creation)
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1 file
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Personal correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young during 1965-1989 with professional papers.
Includes correspondence from family, friends and colleagues.
There are also professional letters concerning work and appointments, including correspondence with the Yorkshire Post and internal Sunday Times correspondence, which includes letters from editor Harold Evans.
Includes letters from:
William Rees-Mogg, offering Hugo Young a position at the Sunday Times newspaper, 27 August 1965
Correspondence with the Observer, declining a position at the newspaper, September 1965
Also includes letters to discuss work or send wishes from:
Cardinal Basil Hume
Yehudi Menuhin
Francis Pym
John Biffen
Lord Hailsham
Peter Preston
Ian Gilmour
Professional papers include:
Preliminary report to the Commonwealth Fund by Hugo Young, September 1965
Private notes on Wilson memoirs, 31 March 1971
Notes on Cardinal Basil Hume, 8 January 1976
Transcript of 'Talking Politics', a Radio 4 broadcast presented by Hugo Young, 29 October 1977
Statement by Hugo Young about 'problems' at the Sunday Times, undated.
Creator: DS/UK/122
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Personal letters may be closed in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- Yorkshire Post (1866-); newspaper publisher (Subject)
- Sunday Times (1822-); newspaper (Subject)
- Evans; Sir; Harold Matthew (1928-2020); author and editor (Subject)
- Rees-Mogg; William (1928-2012); Baron Rees-Mogg; newspaper editor (Subject)
- Hume; Basil (1923-1999); Archbishop of Westminster; Catholic priest (Subject)
- Menuhin; Yehudi (1916-1999); Baron Menuhin; violinist and conductor (Subject)
- Pym; Lord; Francis Leslie (1922-2008); Baron of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire; politician (Subject)
- Biffen; Lord; William John (1930-2007); Baron of Tanat in the County of Shropshire; politician and [Guardian contributor] (Subject)
- Hogg; Quintin McGarel (1907-2001); Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone; politician and lawyer (Subject)
- Preston; Peter John (1938-2018); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Gilmour; Sir; Ian Hedworth John Little (1926-2007); 3rd Bt., Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar; politician (Subject)
- Wilson; James Harold (1916-1995); Baron Wilson of Rievaulx; politician (Subject)