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Papers relating to research of Ernest Bevin which Hugo Young conducted when writing 'This Blessed Plot'

Includes:
Handwritten and typed research notes
Letter from Roy Denman to Hugo Young with enclosed article, 10 July 1998
Photocopies of research articles and reports
Creator: DS/UK/122

Personal correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young during 1995.

Includes correspondence from friends and colleagues, letters from family members, letters from members of the public in response to his writing and letters from students asking for assistance with research.

Also includes professional letters concerning work and appointments, comments from colleagues on his writing, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, correspondence with charitable organisations Hugo Young supported, correspondence from publishers and internal Guardian correspondence.

There are also personal letters to send thanks and wishes, comment on writing or involvement in professional projects, or to discuss former appointments or arrange new ones, from:
Chris Patten
Philip Whitehead
Donald Trelford
David Cornwell
Jonathan Dimbleby
Jack Straw
Max Hastings

Also includes letters from:
David Goodhart, re involement in the launch of Prospect magazine
Roy Denman, with comments on Hugo Young's writing on Harold Wilson
Anthony Lester, including copy of his proposed speech to Lord Griffith's sub-committee about the role of peers in the House of Lords.
Creator: DS/UK/122

Personal correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young during 1996.

Includes correspondence from friends and colleagues, letters from family members, letters from members of the public in response to his writing and letters from students asking for assistance with research.

Also includes professional letters concerning work and appointments, comments from colleagues on his writing, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, correspondence with charitable organisations Hugo Young supported and internal Guardian correspondence.

The papers include personal letters from:
Paddy Ashdown
Cecil Parkinson
Donald Trelford
Antonio Armellini
Roy Denman
Anthony Teasdale
Virginia Bottomley
Anthony Lester
Roy Jenkins
Geoffrey Howe
Harold Pinter
These letters comment on writing or discuss former meetings or appointments, or give invitation to events or arrange future meetings.

Also includes papers from the Venice seminar 21-23 March 1996, with draft article by Hugo Young about privatisation.
Creator: DS/UK/122

Interviews with significant individuals conducted by Hugo Young during the research of his book 'This Blessed Plot'. The interviews are with the following people:

Charles Powell, 23 September 1987

Douglas Hurd, 19 December 1990

Cecil Parkinson, 17 January 1991*

Chris Patten, 4 February 1991
Sir Michael Butler, 5 February 1991

Robert Armstrong, 21 March 1991
Douglas Hurd, 27 March 1991
Michael Heseltine, 27 March 1991

Anthony Teasdale, 9 April 1991*
Brian Griffiths, 15 April 1991*
Anthony Teasdale, 23 April 1991*

Lord Gladwyn, 21 May 1992
Tristan Garel-Jones, 22 May 1992
Bill Rodgers, 26 May 1992
Julian Amery, 27 May 1992

Eric Roll, 16 June 1992 (2 copies)

Sir Frank Roberts, 7 January 1993
Lord Hailsham, 12 January 1993
John Hunt, 13 January 1993
Sir Michael Palliser, 15 January 1993
Donald Maitland, 15 January 1993
Crispin Tickell, 19 January 1993
Julian Bullard, 19 January 1993

Douglas Maitland, 4 February 1993
David Hancock, 26 February 1993
Sir Michael Palliser, 26 February 1993

John Robinson, 25 April 1993

Lord Sherfield, 6 May 1993
Michael Palliser, 7 May 1993
Peter Thorneycroft, 21 May 1993
Lord Douglas Croham, 27 May 1993

Christopher Audland, 3 June 1993
Ernst van der Beugel, 17 June 1993
Emil von Lennep, 18 June 1993
John Pinder, 23 June 1993

Michael Palliser, 9 July 1993

John Robinson, 20 August 1993

Michael Palliser, 3 September 1993

Emile Noel, 28 October 1993
Emile Noel, 29 October 1993

Ian Gilmour, 9 November 1993
Roger Tomkys, 19 November 1993

Robert Armstrong, 2 December 1993

Roy Denman, 1 February 1994
Edward Heath, 8 February 1994
Robert Renwick, 12 April 1994
George Ball, 12 April 1994

Edward Heath, 21 May 1994

Couve de Murville, 30 June 1994
Jean-Pierre Brunet, 30 June 1994

JR Bernard, July 1994
Georges Berthoin, 1 July 1994
Jacques Folin, 1 July 1994

Sir David Hannay, 26 August 1994

Rachel Lomax, 14 February 1995

Roy Denman 'gathering', 10 July 1997
Lord Chalfont, 17 July 1997

Christopher Audland, 9 September 1997

Transcript of taped conversation with Michael Butler, undated

Transcript of conversation with Robin Renwick, undated
Creator: DS/UK/122