| Description | Letter from Circe [Stewart, Edith Helen Vane-Tempest- (1879-1959), wife of 7th Marquess of Londonderry, political hostess and writer], Mount Stewart, Newtownards, County Down to Neville Chamberlain. 7 January (annotated 'with letters of 1940').
A letter saying that 'Charley' [her husband, Marquess of Londonderry] had been resentful because he was ignored as a 'valuable independent link' between Britain and Germany [Londonderry who had been friendly with members of the Nazi regime, was in support of improved relations between Britain and Germany, and wished to be involved in diplomatic missions to Germany in an attempt to achieve this] and suggests that the Munich Agreement would not have failed if Londonderry had been sent to Germany; says that despite this resentment that their friendship and admiration for Chamberlain continues; and regarding clothing for troops. |