| Description | This material consists largely of correspondence and associated papers from Mosley's solicitor G. B. Laurence, and from his stock and share brokers Spurling, Skinner, Tudor & Co, consisting of statements of accounts, share certificates, and valuation lists relating to the share holdings and investments of Oswald Mosley and his first wife Cynthia. There is also some correspondence from the Public Trustee relating to the Mosley Settlement Trust and the administration of property in Manchester, and to Cynthia Mosley's marriage settlement.
Papers relating specifically to Cynthia Mosley include a letter from G. B. Laurence dated 1927 concerning the tax to be paid on Cynthia Mosley's income from the Leiter Trust inherited from her mother, together with a copy letter to Laurence from the Inland Revenue containing details of the tax paid in previous years. Other papers relating to Cynthia's financial status include valuations of her share investments compiled by Spurling, Skinner, Tudor & Co and apparently administered through 'C. M. Investments', established in 1925; correspondence from G. B. Laurence dated 1932 containing details of an investment scheme for Cynthia to invest money in Canadian companies; copy correspondence to the Public Trustee dated 1932 relating to the Mosleys' need to reduce their overdraft by offering securities to Barclays Bank on assets from Cynthia Mosley's marriage settlement. There is also a letter to Cynthia from Frank E. Stanley, dated 1933 which contains a statement of charges due from her sister, Lady Alexandra Metcalfe, as payment for her share of the rent of accommodation [at Yarlington House, Somerset] at Christmas 1932, together with handwritten bills for food and drink purchased during this stay. The file contains an undated personal letter written to Cynthia from 'Doris', at Le Chapon Fin Hotel, Bordeaux which discusses arrangements made with Doris's solicitor for her to rent an unidentified house that Cynthia seems to have owned.
Other papers include a statement of accounts for 1929 giving details of the income and expenditure of Oswald and Cynthia Mosley during the time they spent in France. This consists of a list showing personal expenditure on hotels, cars and other outgoings, but also includes a list showing political expenditure for part of 1929, including contributions to the Smethwick, Stoke-on-Trent and Ladywood branches of the Labour party and office expenses including salaries, and the petty cash account of [Oswald Mosley's political secretary] Allan Young. The file also contains a typed statement produced by G. B. Laurence listing the savings to be made by closing Savehay Farm at Denham during the winter of 1931, and a set undated notes written in Mosley's hand which give instructions about selling shares. |